The Cheat
1915-12-13
6
en 59mDrama
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.
Screenplay
Hector Turnbull
Editor
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Director of Photography
Alvin Wyckoff
Scenario Writer
Jeanie Macpherson
Executive Producer
Jesse L. Lasky
gambling debt self-defense stolen money deceived husband attempted rape embezzlement branding spoiled women rape revenge flirtation faithful husband gunplay courtroom drama branded indecent proposal branding iron secretive wife lost money ivory asian man private loan loan due stock broker illegal transfers of funds spoiled socialite gamble ruthless man ivory merchant
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$137,365Budget
$17,311Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
- Paramount Pictures
