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Cheating Cheaters (1919)

Cheating Cheaters poster
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two con artists fall in love while trying to outwit each other. It is a silent comedy about a couple who are both scheming thieves.

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What happens

Cheating Cheaters is a 1919 silent film comedy directed by Allan Dwan and starring Jack Holt and Clara Kimball Young. Young's production company produced. It was released by Select Pictures Corporation. Kathryn Stuart was the writer, based on a 1916 Broadway play of the same name by Max Marcin. The play would be adapted again in 1927 and in 1934. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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