The Cheat
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.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Cheat performed
Budget
$17,311
Worldwide Gross
$137,365
Gross Profit
$120,054
Return
7.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$20K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Edith Hardy
Fannie Ward
Edith Hardy
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
Sessue Hayakawa
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
Richard Hardy
Jack Dean
Richard Hardy
Jones
James Neill
Jones
Tori's valet
Yutaka Abe
Tori's valet
District attorney
Dana Ong
District attorney
Mrs. Reynolds
Hazel Childers
Mrs. Reynolds
Courtroom judge
Arthur H. Williams
Courtroom judge
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Dick La Reno
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Hardy's Secretary (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield
Hardy's Secretary (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Raymond Hatton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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