THE CHEAT

A film by Cecil B. DeMille

Cast : Sessue Hayakawa, Fanny Ward, Jack Dean

1915 / drama / original title : THE CHEAT / 58’ / Black & White / status : completed / long feature-film / International collections

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.