The Cheat
A Beautiful Girl- Gambling with one man for the love of another, until her selfishness plunged them into a crisis of disgrace!
1931 en 67 minutes
Rating: 6
Plot
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, then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingston, 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)
Millard Mitchell
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Loretta Andrews
Minor Role (uncredited)
Barbara Brown
Minor Role (uncredited)
Margaret Carthew
Dancer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jimmy Granato
Orchestra Musician (uncredited)
Beatrice Hagen
Dancer (uncredited)
Juanita Hagen
Dancer (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Minor Role (uncredited)
Patsy Moran
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Benny Rubin
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bee Stephens
Minor Role (uncredited)
Henry Warwick
Butler (uncredited)
Suzanne Wunderlich
Dancer (uncredited)
Lulu Yoo
Dancer (uncredited)
Gwen Zetter
Dancer (uncredited)
