The Dancing Cheat

Story

Synopsis

Crooked gambler Eddie Kane induces his estranged wife, Poppy, to help him blackmail Brownlow Clay, the owner of a clean-cut gambling establishment in Tijuana. The plan involves Kane "discovering" Poppy in Clay's private apartment to demand hush money. During the setup, Poppy finds herself genuinely falling for Clay. Overcome with remorse and ashamed of her part in the "badger game," Poppy chooses to protect Clay and double-crosses her husband instead. With Kane's plot defeated, Poppy and Clay are free to marry and start a happy future together.

Director

Irving Cummings

Writers

Calvin Johnston, Raymond L. Schrock

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

7 April 1924

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Herbert Rawlinson

  Brownlow Clay

• 

  Alice Lake

  'Poppy' Marie Andrews

• 

  Bob Walker

  Bobby Norton

• Jim Blackwell

  Mose

• 

  Ed Brady

  'Denker' Eddie Kane (as Edwin J. Brady)

• Harmon MacGregor

  'Moron Mike' Downs