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?

Tallulah Bankhead

Elsa Carlyle

Harvey Stephens

Jeffrey Carlyle

Irving Pichel

Hardy Livingstone

Jay Fassett

Terrell

Ann Andrews

Mrs. Albright

William Ingersoll

Croupier

Hanaki Yoshiwara

Japanese Servant

Willard Dashiell

Judge

Edward Keane

Defense Attorney

Robert Strange

District Attorney

Porter Hall

Leslie

Bess Flowers

Minor Role (uncredited)

Arthur Hohl

Defense Attorney (uncredited)