The Cheat
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?
Release Date: 1931-11-28
Drama
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Casts
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)
Loretta Andrews
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Barbara Brown
as Minor Role (uncredited)
