The Cheat

Elsa Carlyle (Tallulah Bankhead) is a gambler and spendthrift who is overly concerned with social standing and appearances. Her husband, Jeffrey Carlyle, is a compulsive gambler. Jeffrey tries to convince Elsa to avoid spending while he makes investments in an effort to provide them with enough wealth to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. After helping raise money for a charitable cause, Elsa steals this money and invests it in a stock scheme, and promptly loses it as well when the stock tanks. Hardy Livingston (Irving Pichel) has his eye on Elsa and finds his chance to trap