Cheating Cheaters
Comedy
Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.
Director
Allan Dwan
Writers
Max Marcin, Kathryn Stuart
Stars
Clara Kimball Young, Anna Q. Nilsson, Jack Holt
Release Date
January 26, 1919
Language
None
Country
United States
🎭 Top Cast
Clara Kimball Young
as Ruth Brockton
Anna Q. Nilsson
as Grace Palmer
Jack Holt
as Tom Palmer
Frederick Burton
as George Brockton
Frank Campeau
as Steven Wilson
Nicholas Dunaew
as Antonio Verdi
Mayme Kelso
as Mrs. Brockton
Tully Marshall
as Ira Lazarre
Edwin Stevens
as Mr. Palmer
👤
Jess Singleton
as Phil
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Select Pictures Corporation
🏷️ Keywords
lost filmbased on play
🎯 Categories
Comedy
💡 Did You Know?
Director Allan Dwan stated that he had so much trouble with actors upstaging one another (moving upstage to force the other actors to turn their backs to the camera) that he tied ropes to the actors' ankles out of camera range and yanked them back whenever they drifted upstage.
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📖 Synopsis
Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.