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The Cheat

6.0 67 mins Drama   1931
Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): George Abbott

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?

Casts of The Cheat

Tallulah Bankhead

as Elsa Carlyle

Harvey Stephens

as Jeffrey Carlyle

Irving Pichel

as Hardy Livingstone

Jay Fassett

as Terrell

Ann Andrews

as Mrs. Albright

William Ingersoll

as Croupier

Hanaki Yoshiwara

as Japanese Servant

Willard Dashiell

as Judge

Edward Keane

as Defense Attorney

Robert Strange

as District Attorney

Porter Hall

as Leslie (uncredited)

Arthur Hohl

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Millard Mitchell

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Jimmy Granato

as Orchestra Musician (uncredited)

Henry Warwick

as Butler (uncredited)

Margaret Carthew

as Dancer (uncredited)

Beatrice Hagen

as Dancer (uncredited)

Juanita Hagen

as Dancer (uncredited)

Suzanne Wunderlich

as Dancer (uncredited)

Lulu Yoo

as Dancer (uncredited)

Gwen Zetter

as Dancer (uncredited)

Loretta Andrews

as (uncredited)

Barbara Brown

as (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

as (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

as (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

as (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as (uncredited)

Patsy Moran

as (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

as (uncredited)

Benny Rubin

as (uncredited)

Bee Stephens

as (uncredited)

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