The Cheat

Overview

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?

Directed by George Abbott

Top cast

Tallulah Bankhead

Elsa Carlyle

Harvey Stephens

Jeffrey Carlyle

Irving Pichel

Hardy Livingstone

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Jay Fassett

Terrell

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

Edward Keane

Defense Attorney

Robert Strange

District Attorney

Porter Hall

Leslie (uncredited)

Arthur Hohl

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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)

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)

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