The Cheat (French: Forfaiture) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Victor Francen, Sessue Hayakawa and Louis Jouvet.[1] It is a remake of the American silent film The Cheat by Cecil B. DeMille.

The Cheat
FrenchForfaiture
Directed byMarcel L'Herbier
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEugen Schüfftan
Edited by
Music byMichel Michelet
Production
company
Société du Cinéma du Panthéon
Distributed byGray-Film
Release date
  • 24 November 1937 (1937-11-24)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris.

Plot

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Main cast

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References

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  1. ^ Kennedy-Karpat p.156

Bibliography

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  • Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
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