The Dancing Cheat

The Dancing Cheat is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Alice Lake, and Robert Walker.^[1]

The Dancing Cheat
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Written by	Raymond L. Schrock
Story by	Calvin Johnston
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Herbert Rawlinson Alice Lake Robert Walker
Cinematography	William Thornley
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 7, 1924 (1924-04-07)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Brownlow Clay, member of an old Southern family, runs a square gambling house in Tijuana. In a cafe he meets Poppy, a dancer and the wife of a crooked gambler named Kane, who is willing to go the limit in order to achieve her aim. When Clay refuses to respond to her advances, Poppy, enraged, enters into a scheme with her husband to blackmail him. Kane finds her in Clay's apartments and demands hush money. Poppy, ashamed of the part she is playing in this badger game and genuinely in love with Clay, relents, suffers remorse, and double-crosses her husband instead of Clay. With Kane out of the way, Clay and Poppy face a happy future together.

Cast

• Herbert Rawlinson as Brownlow Clay
• Alice Lake as 'Poppy' Marie Andrews
• Robert Walker as Bobby Norton
• Jim Blackwell as Mose
• Ed Brady as 'Denker' Eddie Kane
• Harmon MacGregor as 'Moron Mike' Downs