

The Cheat
1 hour 7 minutes1931-11-28
6.0
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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?
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)
