The Cheat
The Cheat
Release: 1931-11-28
·Runtime: 67m
·★ 6.0
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?
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Benny Rubin
as (uncredited)
Millard Mitchell
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Tallulah Bankhead
as Elsa Carlyle
Irving Pichel
as Hardy Livingstone
Robert Strange
as District Attorney
Edward Keane
as Defense Attorney
Arthur Hohl
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Harvey Stephens
as Jeffrey Carlyle
Barbara Brown
as (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as (uncredited)
Beatrice Hagen
as Dancer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as (uncredited)
Porter Hall
as Leslie (uncredited)
Ann Andrews
as Mrs. Albright
Ethelreda Leopold
as (uncredited)
Loretta Andrews
as (uncredited)
