The Cheat

The Cheat

A Beautiful Girl- Gambling with one man for the love of another, until her selfishness plunged them into a crisis of disgrace!

NR 1931 · 67 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

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?

Directed by George Abbott · Written by Harry Hervey

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Tallulah Bankhead Elsa Carlyle
Harvey Stephens Jeffrey Carlyle
Irving Pichel Hardy Livingstone
Jay Fassett Terrell
Ann Andrews Mrs. Albright
William Ingersoll Croupier
Hanaki Yoshiwara Japanese Servant
Willard Dashiell Judge
Edward Keane Defense Attorney
Robert Strange District Attorney
Porter Hall Leslie (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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