The Cheat (1915)

12/13/1915 (US) • 59m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Fannie Ward

Edith Hardy

Sessue Hayakawa

Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]

Jack Dean

Richard Hardy

Yutaka Abe

Tori's valet

Dana Ong

District attorney

Hazel Childers

Mrs. Reynolds

Arthur H. Williams

Courtroom judge

Dick La Reno

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

$17,311.00

Revenue

$137,365.00

Keywords

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

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