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UNITED STATES · 1915

The Cheat

Cecil B. DeMille
Classical Hollywood embezzlement blackmail infidelity class privilege moral corruption
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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.

Year1915
CountryUnited States
DirectorCecil B. DeMille
MovementClassical Hollywood
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