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The Cheat
The Cheat
6.8
/10
194 Ratings

THE CHEAT

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
United States, 1915
Drama

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.

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.

Our take

Exotic interiors and mysterious screen doors abound in Cecil B. DeMille’s taut classic, which envisions the nascent medium of cinema as a shadowplay of morality. Bringing a seductive aura to his villainous role, Sessue Hayakawa shot to fame as one the first major Asian stars of the silent era.