Drama · United States of America · 1915 · 59m

The Cheat

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Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Cast
Fannie Ward as Edith Hardy Sessue Hayakawa as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau] Jack Dean as Richard Hardy James Neill as Jones Yutaka Abe as Tori's valet Dana Ong as District attorney
Crew
Alvin Wyckoff — Director of Photography Cecil B. DeMille — Editor Hector Turnbull — Screenplay Jeanie Macpherson — Writer Cecil B. DeMille — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
gambling debtself-defensestolen moneydeceived husbandattempted rapeembezzlementbrandingspoiled womenrape revengeflirtationfaithful husbandgunplay
Key Collaborators
Cecil B. DeMille Director Alvin Wyckoff Director of Photography Cecil B. DeMille Editor Hector Turnbull Screenplay Jeanie Macpherson Writer Cecil B. DeMille Producer
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