The Lovable Cheat (1949)
1h 15m
Running Time
May 11, 1949Release Date
Plot.
Posing as a wealthy Parisian, Mercadet fleeces friends and casual acquaintances alike. He is forced into this life of crime to keep up appearances, so that his daughter Julie can land herself a rich husband.
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Ruggles
Claude Mercadet
Peggy Ann Garner
Julie Mercadet
Richard Ney
Jacques Minard
Alan Mowbray
Justin
Iris Adrian
Madame Mercadet
Ludwig Donath
Violette
Fritz Feld
Monsieur Louis
John Wengraf
Pierquin
Details.
Wiki.
The Lovable Cheat is a 1949 American historical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner and Richard Ney. It is based on the 1848 play Mercadet Le Faiseur by Honoré de Balzac. It was the final film of the veteran Austrian director Oswald, who had fled into exile following the Nazi rise to power. Buster Keaton played a small supporting role in the film, as his career had seriously declined by this stage.
The films sets were designed by the art director Boris Leven.