The Cheat

6.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 67 min
  • Premiere: 1931. November 28.

Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to stop spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich. One night, on a hunch, she bets and loses big at a casino, and then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingstone, a wealthy Casanova just back from the Orient, makes a play for her. Elsa dallies with Hardy, but soon, his insistence and her dire financial affairs seem destined to lead to adultery. Who's the cheat?

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Tallulah Bankhead

Elsa Carlyle

Harvey Stephens

Jeffrey Carlyle

Irving Pichel

Hardy Livingstone

Jay Fassett

Terrell

Ann Andrews

Mrs. Albright

Hanaki Yoshiwara

Japanese Servant

Edward Keane

Defense Attorney

Robert Strange

District Attorney

Porter Hall

Leslie (uncredited)

Arthur Hohl

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Millard Mitchell

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Jimmy Granato

Orchestra Musician (uncredited)

Henry Warwick

Butler (uncredited)

Margaret Carthew

Dancer (uncredited)

Beatrice Hagen

Dancer (uncredited)

Juanita Hagen

Dancer (uncredited)

Suzanne Wunderlich

Dancer (uncredited)

Lulu Yoo

Dancer (uncredited)

Gwen Zetter

Dancer (uncredited)

Loretta Andrews

(uncredited)

Barbara Brown

(uncredited)

Bess Flowers

(uncredited)

Jack Gargan

(uncredited)

Victor Kilian

(uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

(uncredited)

Harold Miller

(uncredited)

Patsy Moran

(uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

(uncredited)

Benny Rubin

(uncredited)

Bee Stephens

(uncredited)

Camera

George J. Folsey

Director of Photography

Directing

George Abbott

Director

Writing

Hector Turnbull

Original Story

Harry Hervey

Screenplay

Camera

George J. Folsey

Director of Photography

Directing

George Abbott

Director

Writing

Hector Turnbull

Original Story

Harry Hervey

Screenplay