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The Cheat

1931 • 1h7m Drama

Rating

6.3/10

Popularity

1

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?

Details

Director

George Abbott

Screenplay

Harry Hervey

Cast

Tallulah Bankhead

Harvey Stephens

Irving Pichel

Release date

11/28/1931

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

16