The Cheat (1915)

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(2762)

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1915-12-13
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Writers: Hector Turnbull , Jeanie Macpherson
Language: English
Stars: Fannie Ward , Sessue Hayakawa , Sessue Hayakawa , Jack Dean , James Neill , Yutaka Abe , Dana Ong , Hazel Childers , Arthur H. Williams , Raymond Hatton , Dick La Reno
Runtime: 59 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: La marca del fuego (Spain) , チート (Japan) , A Marca de Fogo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Der Betrug (Germany) , Forfaiture (France, French Republic) , Megbélyegzett asszony (Hungary) , The Cheat , Обман (Russian Federation) , Oszustka (Poland) , Enganar e Perdoar (Brazil) , Den gula demonen (Sweden) , Japanerens hævn (Denmark) , The Cheat (United Kingdom) , The Cheat (United States of America)
Plot: 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. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob.
IMDB:tt0005078