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Movie Info

Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership.

Genre:

drama
Director:

Cecil B. DeMille
Producer:

Jesse L. Lasky
Writer:

Jeanie Macpherson, Hector Turnbull
Release Date (Theaters):

Dec 12, 1915 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 2, 2016
Runtime:

55m
Production Co:

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Aspect Ratio:

Academy (1.33:1)

Cast & Crew

Fannie Ward
Edith Hardy

Jack Dean
Dick Hardy

Sessue Hayakawa
Tori

James Neill
Jones

Jack Yutaka Abbe
Tori's Valet

Dana Ong
District Attorney

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Critic Reviews for The Cheat

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (1)

There are some excellent lighting effects and the work of Sessue Hayakawa is so far above the acting of Miss Ward and Jack Dean that he really should be the star in the billing for the film.

November 12, 2019 | Full Review…

Fred Schader
Variety
[The Cheat] remains interesting today not only for its gripping vulgarity but also for the spectacular innovations in dramatic lighting De Mille created with his cameraman, Alvin Wyckoff.

November 12, 2019 | Full Review…

Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
The picture is much above the average of its kind. But is there any more excuse for this sensational trash than for the old-fashioned melodrama in which half the characters were killed off at the end of the play?

March 25, 2006 | Full Review…

NYT Staff
New York Times
[Cecil B. DeMille] understands the cinematic zones where the dueling impulses of prudery and titillation meet.

November 12, 2019 | Full Review…

Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
Compared to many other films of the period, this one comes across as rather modern, at least in some respects.

November 12, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
Made waves during its day because of its explosive sexual and racial content.

June 5, 2008 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
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August 21, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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May 10, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
Fascinating -- albeit racist -- pre-Biblical DeMille.

May 23, 2004 | Rating: 4/5

Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Audience Reviews for The Cheat

Sep 22, 2011

I loved this movie, it mixes the romance, thriller, and drama genres, sort of like a film noir, but much earlier. There are a lot of cool editing techniques used skillfully too. And I loved the ending. I highly recommend this movie, it's the best movie I've seen from the 1910s so far.

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