Religious Racketeers

Religious Racketeers

90 mins | Crime, Mystery | July 7, 1938

A wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so desperate to contact her that she gets involved with a phony mystic who promises to put her in touch with her mother's spirit, but who is really after her money. A reporter who loves the young woman sets out to expose the phony "psychic" for the charlatan he is.

Religious Racketeers

90 mins | Crime, Mystery | July 7, 1938

Religious Racketeers
A wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so desperate to contact her that she gets involved with a phony mystic who promises to put her in touch with her mother's spirit, but who is really after her money. A reporter who loves the young woman sets out to expose the phony "psychic" for the charlatan he is.
Producers Fanchon Royer Pictures
Original title Religious Racketeers
Directors Frank O'Connor
Writers Charles R. Condon, Frank O'Connor

Cast

Robert Fiske

as The Great LaGagge aka Louis LaGagge aka The Great Garno

Helene LeBerthon

as Martha Morgan

Arthur Gardner

as Elliot Cole

Betty Compson

as Ada Bernard

David Kerman

as Harvey Wilson

Robert Frazer

as Police Inspector Burke

Mrs. Harry Houdini

as Mrs. Harry Houdini

Jimmy Aubrey

as Tommy - a Soldier

Bobby Dunn

as Holy Man

Jane Keckley

as Mary - The Maid

Isabel La Mal

as Seance Attendee