The Cheat

The Cheat (1931)

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

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?

star 6 6.3
  • Release Date: 1931-11-28
  • Runtime: 1h 7min
  • Director: George Abbott

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Cast

  • 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)

  • 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)

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