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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?

1931 |1h 7m |  Drama

Cast

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Tallulah Bankhead

Elsa Carlyle

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Harvey Stephens

Jeffrey Carlyle

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Irving Pichel

Hardy Livingstone

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Ann Andrews

Mrs. Albright

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Edward Keane

Defense Attorney

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Robert Strange

District Attorney

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Porter Hall

Leslie (uncredited)

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Arthur Hohl

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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Millard Mitchell

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Beatrice Hagen

Dancer (uncredited)

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Loretta Andrews

(uncredited)

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Barbara Brown

(uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

(uncredited)

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Victor Kilian

(uncredited)

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Ethelreda Leopold

(uncredited)

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Harold Miller

(uncredited)

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Ronald R. Rondell

(uncredited)

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Benny Rubin

(uncredited)

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Status

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Language

English

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