The Cheat

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

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?

Drama

Tallulah Bankhead

Harvey Stephens

(Jeffrey Carlyle)

Irving Pichel

(Hardy Livingstone)

Jay Fassett

Ann Andrews

(Mrs. Albright)

William Ingersoll

Hanaki Yoshiwara

(Japanese Servant)

Willard Dashiell

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))