The Story of a Cheat

Name: The Story of a Cheat
Director: Sacha Guitry
Released: 1936
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Sacha Guitry, Sacha Guitry, Sacha Guitry, Adolphe Borchard, Marcel Lucien

1936 · 81 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 2,645 VOTES · DIR. Sacha Guitry

Overview

Life story of a charming scoundrel, with little dialogue other than the star/director's witty narration. As a boy, only he survives a family tragedy when he's deprived of supper (poisonous mushrooms!) for stealing...concluding that dishonesty pays. Through years of dabbling in crime and amusing adventures, two women appear and reappear in his life, a dazzling blonde jewel thief and a stunning brunette gambler. Finally, he meets the mysterious Charbonnier who had saved his life in World War I, leading to the surprising next phase in his career...

Dialogue Timeline — 1,208 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:51 THE STORY OF A CHEAT

00:06:04 To be honest, I was only 12 and...

00:08:52 I'd killed them all.

00:12:20 I soon realised I would be a child-martyr...

00:15:23 Later, it came true!

00:17:54 indicating the clock to a man without a watch...

00:20:33 but wanted to remain alien to his activities.

00:24:15 Geographically...

00:26:33 this scene would be...

00:30:24 But there's one I'd like to see again.

00:34:16 He was slender and handsome!

00:38:06 and got rid of the phony money.

00:40:36 I shaved my sideburns. What did that do for me?

00:43:10 to get only offers to commit crime?

00:47:52 "I'll lock it...

00:51:16 I was attracted by all that held us together...

00:53:48 It did it again... 3 times...

00:56:32 a marriage in name only.

00:59:17 pushing me to become a true scoundrel.

01:01:50 to throw the police off my track.

01:06:53 Both of them were extremely elegant.

01:10:56 I said it so fast and oddly that...

01:13:40 He made me a true gambler.

01:16:00 Later, when I tried to steal, I was punished for it.

Cast & Characters

Sacha Guitry Self - Writer & Director Sacha Guitry Le tricheur Sacha Guitry The Cheat Adolphe Borchard Self (in prologue) Marcel Lucien Self (in prologue) Raymond Clunie Self (in prologue) Paul Duvergé Self (in prologue) Guerbe Self (in prologue) Henri Ménessier Self (in prologue) Mailleray Self - Furniture Maker (in prologue) Marguerite Moreno La Contesse Beauchamp du Bourg de Catinax Marguerite Moreno The Countess

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,208

Dialogue density14.9 lines / min

First line00:00:51

Final line01:16:00

Production Record

DirectorSacha Guitry

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes2,645