The Cheat
The Cheat ★★★ 1915
Ward plays a frivolous socialite heavily indebted to Hayakawa as the Japanese money lender. Hayakawa makes Ward pay with her honor and her flesh by branding her. A dark and captivating drama. Silent with piano score. 55m/B VHS, DVD . Jack Dean, James Neill, Dana Ong, Hazel Childers, Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa; D: Cecil B. DeMille; W: Alvin Wyckoff, Hector Turnbull. Natl. Film Reg. '93.
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