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!"
The Cheat
6.3| 1h7m| NR| en| Drama
Storyline

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, then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingston, 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?

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  • The Cheat Cast
Tallulah Bankhead as Elsa Carlyle
Harvey Stephens as Jeffrey Carlyle
Irving Pichel as Hardy Livingstone
Ann Andrews as Mrs. Albright
Edward Keane as Defense Attorney
Robert Strange as District Attorney
Porter Hall as Leslie (uncredited)
Millard Mitchell as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Barbara Brown as Minor Role (uncredited)