Lovable Cheat (1949)
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Adapted from a play by Honore de Balzac, Lovable Cheat offers a veritable smorgasbord of Hollywood's top character actors. The title character, one Claude Mercadet, is played by Charlie Ruggles. Posing as a wealthy Parisian, Mercadet fleeces friends and casual acquaintances alike. He is forced… More Adapted from a play by Honore de Balzac, Lovable Cheat offers a veritable smorgasbord of Hollywood's top character actors. The title character, one Claude Mercadet, is played by Charlie Ruggles. Posing as a wealthy Parisian, Mercadet fleeces friends and casual acquaintances alike. He is forced into this life of crime to keep up appearances, so that his daughter Julie (Peggy Ann Garner) can land herself a rich husband. Iris Adrian enjoys one of her largest film roles as Ruggles' wife; Alan Mowbray is right in his element as an elegant butler; and future financial advisor Richard Ney is ironically cast as an impoverished bank clerk. Also on hand is Buster Keaton, as a nonplused creditor who spends his screen time waiting in vain for his missing business associate Godot (could playwright Samuel Beckett have seen this film?) Not entirely successful, Lovable Cheat is nonetheless a courageous exercise in the offbeat. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Cast
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Charlie Ruggles
as Claude Mercadet
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Peggy Ann Garner
as Julie Mercadet
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Richard Ney
as Jacques Minard
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Alan Mowbray
as Justin
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Buster Keaton
as Goulard
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Iris Adrian
as Mme. Mercadet
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Fritz Feld
as Mons. Louis
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John Wengraf
as Pierquin
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Otto Waldis
as Bailiff
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Edna Holland
as Mme. Pierquin
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Minerva Urecal
as Virginie
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Helen Servis
as Mme. Goulard
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Jo Gilbert
as Mme. Violette
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Curt Bois
as Count de la Brive
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Fred Fox
as Baker
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Jack Del Rio
as Wine Seller
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Jerry Austin
as Grocer
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Andre Pola
as Policeman
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Terri Daniels
as Tailor's Assistant
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Gerry Ganzer
as Tailor's Assistant
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George Ramsey
as Henri
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Ludwig Donath
as Violette
- Charles Ruggles
