Cheating Cheaters (1927 film)

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Cheating Cheaters
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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
StarringBetty Compson
Cinematography Jackson Rose
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 5, 1927 (1927-12-05)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

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]

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

Cast

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]

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