The Cheat (1923 film)

The Cheat
The Cheat
	Lobby card
Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Written by	Hector Turnbull (scenario); Jeanie MacPherson (scenario); Ouida Bergère (adaptation)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse L. Lasky; George Fitzmaurice
Starring	Pola Negri; Jack Holt
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 27, 1923;
Running time	8 reels (2232.05 meters)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Cheat is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is a remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1915 hit feature using the same script by Hector Turnbull and Jeanie MacPherson. This version stars Pola Negri and was directed by George Fitzmaurice.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast[]

Pola Negri as Carmelita De Cordoba
Jack Holt as Dudley Drake
Charles de Rochefort as Claude Mace a/k/a Prince Rao-Singh (credited as Charles De Roche)
Dorothy Cumming as Lucy Hodge
Robert Schable as Jack Hodge
Charles A. Stevenson as Horace Drake
Helen Dunbar as Duenna
Richard Wayne as Defense Attorney
Guy Oliver as District Attorney
Edward Kimball as Judge
Charles Farrell as Bit part (uncredited)

The Cheat is now considered a lost film.^[4]

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