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.Progressive Silent Film List: Cheating Cheaters at silentera.com This film was based on a 1916 Broadway play of the same name by Max Marcin.Cheating Cheaters as produced on Broadway at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, August 9 1916 to April 1917, 2i86 performances; IBDb.com
A 1919 film of the same name was also based on Marcin's play. It was produced by and starred Clara Kimball Young. It was adapted for the screen again in 1934 starring Cesar Romero.
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 Cheating Cheaters is currently presumed lost. In February 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
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, it is a Partially found film.
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