The Cheat (1931)
"A Beautiful Girl- Gambling with one man for the love of another, until her selfishness plunged them into a crisis of disgrace!"

Title: The Cheat
Original Title: The Cheat
Release Date: 1931-11-28
Status: Released
Rating: 6/10 (from 15 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures
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?
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