The Cheat (1915) | Directed by Cecil B. Demille - Full Movie

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.

The Cheat is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean, Ward's real-life husband.

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Written by: Hector Turnbull, Jeanie Macpherson
Produced by: Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse L. Lasky
Starring: Sessue Hayakawa, Fannie Ward, Jack Dean
Cinematography: Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by: Cecil B. DeMille
Music by: Robert Israel (1994)
Production company: Jesse Lasky Feature Plays
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date: December 13, 1915 (initial release), November 24, 1918 (re-release)
Running time: 59 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: Silent, English intertitles
Budget: $17,311
Box office: $96,389 (domestic), $40,975 (foreign)