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The Cheat
The Cheat
French	Forfaiture
Directed by	Marcel L'Herbier
Written by	Jean-Georges Auriol; Jacques Companéez; Herbert Juttke; Jacques Natanson; Hector Turnbull;
Produced by	Michael Salkind; Pierre Braunberger; Ayres d'Aguiar; Roger Richebé;
Starring	Victor Francen; Sessue Hayakawa; Louis Jouvet;
Cinematography	Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by	Pierre de Hérain; Marie Le Bars;
Music by	Michel Michelet
Production; company	Société du Cinéma du Panthéon
Distributed by	Gray-Film
Release date	24 November 1937;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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

Plot

Main cast

Victor Francen as Pierre Moret
Sessue Hayakawa as Prince Hu-Long
Louis Jouvet as Valfar
Lise Delamare as Denise Moret
Lucas Gridoux as Tang-Si
Ève Francis as Mrs. Curtis
Lucien Nat as Maître Ribeyre
Pierre Magnier as Le Président de la société
Jean Brochard as Félicien
Sylvia Bataille as Ming

References

^ Kennedy-Karpat p.156

Bibliography

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

External links

The Cheat at IMDb
The Cheat at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Kennedy-Karpat p.156

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-'''''The Cheat''''' (French: '''''Forfaiture''''') is a 1937 French [[drama film]] directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]] and starring [[Victor Francen]], [[Sessue Hayakawa]] and [[Louis Jouvet]].<ref>Kennedy-Karpat p.156</ref>
+'''''The Cheat''''' (French: '''''Forfaiture''''') is a 1937 French [[drama film]] directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]] and starring [[Victor Francen]], [[Sessue Hayakawa]] and [[Louis Jouvet]].<ref>Kennedy-Karpat p.156</ref> It is a remake of the American [[silent film]] ''[[The Cheat (1915 film)|The Cheat]]'' by [[Cecil B. DeMille]].
 The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Robert Gys]]. It was shot at the [[Billancourt Studios]] in [[Paris]].
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 ==Main cast==
-* [[  Victor Francen]] as Pierre Moret
+* [[Victor Francen]] as Pierre Moret
 * [[Sessue Hayakawa]] as Prince Hu-Long
 * [[Louis Jouvet]] as Valfar
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 * [[Pierre Magnier]] as Le Président de la société
 * [[Jean Brochard]] as Félicien
 * [[Sylvia Bataille]] as Ming
 == References ==
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 == Bibliography ==
+* Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. ''Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s''. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
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