The Cheat (1916 Film) -- Directed By Cecil B. DeMille -- Full Movie

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.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Written by Hector Turnbull
Jeanie MacPherson
Produced by Cecil B. DeMille
Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Sessue Hayakawa
Fannie Ward
Jack Dean
Cinematography Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by Cecil B. DeMille
Music by Robert Israel (1994)
Production
company

Jesse Lasky Feature Plays
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates

December 13, 1915 (initial release)
November 24, 1918 (re-release)

Running time
59 minutes
Country United States
Languages Silent
English intertitles
Budget $17,311[1]
Box office $96,389 (domestic)[1]
$40,975 (foreign)[1]