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The Cheat

Drama
6.3·1931·1h 7m

Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff ...

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Cast

Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Bankhead

Elsa Carlyle

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

Jeffrey Carlyle

Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel

Hardy Livingstone

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Jay Fassett

Terrell

Ann Andrews

Ann Andrews

Mrs. Albright

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William Ingersoll

Croupier

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Hanaki Yoshiwara

Japanese Servant

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Willard Dashiell

Judge

DIRECTOR

George Abbott

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?