Cheating Cheaters (1927)
1h
Running Time
December 5, 1927Release Date
Cheating Cheaters (1927)
1h
Running Time
December 5, 1927Release Date
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Plot.
Nan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the influence of Lazare ( Lucien Littlefield ), a crooked lawyer, who places her with a gang of crooks. Posing as the Brockton family, they move to a seaside home, where they plan to steal the jewel collection of the Palmers, their neighbours. Nan wins the confidence of the family by flirting with Tom ( Kenneth Harlan ), who becomes infatuated and wants to go away with her, but she refuses him. Tom is caught red-handed in the Brockton mansion attempting to steal their jewels while Nan is making a success of the Palmer robbery.
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Cheating Cheaters is a lost 1927 American silent film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Edward Laemmle and starred Betty Compson.This film was based on a 1916 Broadway play of the same name by Max Marcin.A 1919 film of the same name was also based on Marcin's play. It was produced by and starred Clara Kimball Young.