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The Cheat (1931)

The Cheat (1931)

Drama

A Beautiful Girl- Gambling with one man for the love of another, until her selfishness plunged them into a crisis of disgrace!

Release Date: 1931, November 28
Directors: George Abbott
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Robert Strange, Jack Gargan, Harold Miller, Bess Flowers, Ethelreda Leopold, Edward Keane, Millard Mitchell, Benny Rubin, Harvey Stephens, Ronald R. Rondell, Arthur Hohl, Victor Kilian

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?

Keywords:

addiction money infidelity lust gambler pre-code impulsive