The Cheat (1931)
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?
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Cast
- Tallulah Bankhead — Elsa Carlyle
- Harvey Stephens — Jeffrey Carlyle
- Irving Pichel — Hardy Livingstone
- Jay Fassett — Terrell
- Ann Andrews — Mrs. Albright
- William Ingersoll — Croupier
- Hanaki Yoshiwara — Japanese Servant
- Willard Dashiell — Judge
- Edward Keane — Defense Attorney
- Robert Strange — District Attorney
- Porter Hall — Leslie (uncredited)
- Arthur Hohl — Defense Attorney (uncredited)
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