The Cheat

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?

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  George Abbott

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  Tallulah Bankhead
  Elsa Carlyle
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  Harvey Stephens
  Jeffrey Carlyle
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  Irving Pichel
  Hardy Livingstone
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  Jay Fassett
  Terrell
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  Ann Andrews
  Mrs. Albright
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  William Ingersoll
  Croupier
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  Hanaki Yoshiwara
  Japanese Servant
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  Willard Dashiell
  Judge
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  Edward Keane
  Defense Attorney
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  Robert Strange
  District Attorney
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  Porter Hall
  Leslie (uncredited)
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  Arthur Hohl
  Defense Attorney (uncredited)
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  Millard Mitchell
  Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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  Jimmy Granato
  Orchestra Musician (uncredited)
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  Henry Warwick
  Butler (uncredited)
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  Margaret Carthew
  Dancer (uncredited)
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  Beatrice Hagen
  Dancer (uncredited)
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  Juanita Hagen
  Dancer (uncredited)
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  Suzanne Wunderlich
  Dancer (uncredited)
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  Lulu Yoo
  Dancer (uncredited)