The Cheat

Overview

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

28 November 1931

67 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Elsa Carlyle
Jeffrey Carlyle
Hardy Livingstone
Mrs. Albright
Japanese Servant
Defense Attorney
District Attorney
Leslie (uncredited)
Defense Attorney (uncredited)