The Cheat
28/11/1931
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?
Movie Information
Tallulah Bankhead
as Elsa Carlyle
Harvey Stephens
as Jeffrey Carlyle
Irving Pichel
as Hardy Livingstone
Jay Fassett
as Terrell
Ann Andrews
as Mrs. Albright
William Ingersoll
as Croupier
Hanaki Yoshiwara
as Japanese Servant
Willard Dashiell
as Judge
Edward Keane
as Defense Attorney
Robert Strange
as District Attorney
Porter Hall
as Leslie (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Millard Mitchell
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jimmy Granato
as Orchestra Musician (uncredited)
Henry Warwick
as Butler (uncredited)
Margaret Carthew
as Dancer (uncredited)
Beatrice Hagen
as Dancer (uncredited)
Juanita Hagen
as Dancer (uncredited)
Suzanne Wunderlich
as Dancer (uncredited)
Lulu Yoo
as Dancer (uncredited)
Gwen Zetter
as Dancer (uncredited)
Loretta Andrews
as (uncredited)
Barbara Brown
as (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
as (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
as (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as (uncredited)
Patsy Moran
as (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as (uncredited)
Benny Rubin
as (uncredited)
Bee Stephens
as (uncredited)
