The Cheat

Nov 28, 1931

1h 7m

★ 6.0

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

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The Cheat Trailers

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Cast

Elsa Carlyle

Tallulah Bankhead

Jeffrey Carlyle

Harvey Stephens

Hardy Livingstone

Irving Pichel

Terrell

Jay Fassett

Mrs. Albright

Ann Andrews

Croupier

William Ingersoll

Japanese Servant

Hanaki Yoshiwara

Judge

Willard Dashiell

Defense Attorney

Edward Keane

District Attorney

Robert Strange

Leslie (uncredited)

Porter Hall

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Arthur Hohl

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