The Wise Guy is a 1926 American silent crime drama film produced and directed by Frank Lloyd and distributed through First National Pictures.

Jules Furthman provided a screen story with scenario by Adela Rogers St. Johns.

[1] Because the Kirkwood character was a criminal posing as an evangelistic minister who performs marriage and burial ceremonies, the film was found by the New York Board of Censors to be sacrilegious and banned from distribution unless remade.

The Board was also concerned by the number of times the name of the Deity appeared in subtitles spoken by the fake minister.

[2] Previously considered lost, a print of The Wise Guy is preserved at the National Archives of Canada.