The Cheat (1931)
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?
Cast
Tallulah Bankhead
Elsa Carlyle
Harvey Stephens
Jeffrey Carlyle
Irving Pichel
Hardy Livingstone
Ann Andrews
Mrs. Albright
Edward Keane
Defense Attorney
Robert Strange
District Attorney
Porter Hall
Leslie (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Millard Mitchell
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Beatrice Hagen
Dancer (uncredited)
