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The Cheat
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Title: The Cheat

Release Date: 13 Dec 1915

Runtime: 59m

Genre: Drama

Director: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Paramount Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6 (63 votes)

Cast

  • Edith Hardy: Fannie Ward
  • Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]: Sessue Hayakawa
  • Richard Hardy: Jack Dean
  • Jones: James Neill
  • Tori's valet: Yutaka Abe
  • District attorney: Dana Ong
  • Mrs. Reynolds: Hazel Childers
  • Courtroom judge: Arthur H. Williams
  • Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Dick La Reno
  • Hardy's Secretary (uncredited): Lucien Littlefield
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