It stars Jacqueline Logan, Charles Delaney, and Warner Oland, and was released on January 2, 1929.
John has been set up by his worthless son, Frank, who the elder Clayton has removed from his will, leaving everything to his stepson, Bob Williams.
In November 1928 it was revealed that Jacqueline Logan, Warner Oland, and Gaston Glass had been signed by Columbia Pictures for featured roles in the upcoming film, The Faker, which was based on a story by Rupert Hughes.
There was not an aspect of the film which they gave good grades too, marking direction, story, photography, and acting all as poor.
The luxurious and weird backgrounds of seaside resorts, country estates and bizarre seance parlors afford opportunity for gripping drama, uncanny phenomena and a poignant love story..."[5] Harrison's Reports also gave the film a positive review, calling it "A very good expose of the fake means used by mediums in their endeavors to mulct their credulous victims of large sums of money."