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.
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Cast
11 people
Fannie Ward
Edith Hardy
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Sessue Hayakawa
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swiss Family Robinson
Jack Dean
Richard Hardy
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James Neill
Jones
Known for
The Ten Commandments
The King of Kings
Yutaka Abe
Tori's valet
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The Oath of the Sword
The Tong Man
Dana Ong
District attorney
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Hazel Childers
Mrs. Reynolds
No other roles listed
Arthur H. Williams
Courtroom judge
No other roles listed
Dick La Reno
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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The Pilgrim
Lucien Littlefield
Hardy's Secretary (uncredited)
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Raymond Hatton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Known for
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Cecil B. DeMille Director · Hector Turnbull Screenplay Jeanie Macpherson Writer
Worldwide gross $137K · Budget $17K · United States release December 13, 1915
Box office
Budget
$17,311
Worldwide gross
$137,365
Gross vs. budget
7.9×
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 13, 1915
Theatrical
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