The Cheat
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| The Cheat | |
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| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | Hector Turnbull Jeanie Macpherson |
| Starring | Fannie Ward Jack Dean Sessue Hayakawa |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Editing by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 13 December 1915 |
| Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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- This article is about a silent film. For other uses, see Cheat (disambiguation).
The Cheat (1915) is a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean.
The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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[edit] Plot summary
Edith Hardy (Fannie Ward) steals charity money in order to invest it in stocks. When she loses the money, she turns to a wealthy Burmese man (Sessue Hayakawa) for a loan, and he brands her and declares her his property in return. Edith shoots him, and her husband, Richard (Jack Dean), is blamed for the crime. (In real life, Dean and Ward married in January 1916, and remained married until Dean's death in 1950.)
[edit] Cast
- Fannie Ward - Edith Hardy
- Sessue Hayakawa - Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau (in 1918 re-release)
- 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 (as Judge Arthur H. Williams)
- Raymond Hatton - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Dick La Reno - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Lucien Littlefield - Hardy's Secretary (uncredited)
[edit] Remake
The film was remade in 1931, again by Paramount Pictures, with Broadway mogul George Abbott as director and starring Tallulah Bankhead.
[edit] References
- The Cheat. Kino Film. Kino International. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
[edit] External links
- The Cheat at the Internet Movie Database
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