Cheating Cheaters (1927 film)

Cheating Cheaters is a 1927 American silent comedy crime film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Edward Laemmle and starred Betty Compson.^[1][2] This film was based on a 1916 Broadway play of the same name by Max Marcin.^[3]

Cheating Cheaters
Still with Littlefield and Compson
Directed by	Edward Laemmle
Written by	Charles Logue James T. O'Donohoe Walter Anthony
Based on	Cheating Cheaters by Max Marcin
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Betty Compson
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 5, 1927 (1927-12-05)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A 1919 film of the same name was also based on Marcin's play. It was produced by and starred Clara Kimball Young.

Cast

• Betty Compson as Nan Carey
• Kenneth Harlan as Tom Palmer
• Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Brockton
• Erwin Connelly as Mr. Brockton
• Maude Turner Gordon as Mrs. Palmer
• E. J. Ratcliffe as Mr. Palmer
• Lucien Littlefield as 'Habeas Corpus' Lazarre
• Eddie Gribbon as Steve Wilson
• Cesare Gravina as Tony Verdi

Preservation

As of 2025 there is only on print of Cheating Cheaters located in the arcade in Milestones - living history museum in Basingstoke, England and it is only a short clip of the film, it was uploaded onto YouTube by DB sonic 12 in late 2023,^[4] it is a Partially lost film.^[5]