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?

Cast

Tallulah Bankhead

Harvey Stephens

Irving Pichel

Jay Fassett

Ann Andrews

William Ingersoll

Hanaki Yoshiwara

Willard Dashiell

Edward Keane

Robert Strange

Porter Hall

Arthur Hohl

Millard Mitchell

Jimmy Granato

Henry Warwick

Margaret Carthew

Beatrice Hagen

Juanita Hagen

Suzanne Wunderlich

Lulu Yoo

Gwen Zetter

Loretta Andrews

Barbara Brown

Bess Flowers

Jack Gargan

Victor Kilian

Ethelreda Leopold

Harold Miller

Patsy Moran

Ronald R. Rondell

Benny Rubin

Bee Stephens