The Cheat (1915)

NR ★ 6.0/10 59 min Drama United States English

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Screenplay by: Hector Turnbull
Scenario Writer: Jeanie Macpherson
Writer: Jeanie Macpherson

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Description

A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.

Top Cast

Fannie Ward Edith Hardy

Sessue Hayakawa Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]

Jack Dean Richard Hardy

James Neill Jones

Yutaka Abe Tori's valet

Dana Ong District attorney

Hazel Childers Mrs. Reynolds

Arthur H. Williams Courtroom judge

The Cheat Appears on 2 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

National Film Registry

National Film Registry #108

The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)

The Film Foundation #145