Rating: 4/5 -- Fascinating -- albeit racist -- pre-Biblical DeMille.

There are some excellent lighting effects and the work of Sessue Hayakawa is so far above the acting of Miss Ward and Jack Dean that he really should be the star in the billing for the film. Full Review

[Cecil B. DeMille] understands the cinematic zones where the dueling impulses of prudery and titillation meet. Full Review

Rating: 3/4 -- Compared to many other films of the period, this one comes across as rather modern, at least in some respects. Full Review

The picture is much above the average of its kind. But is there any more excuse for this sensational trash than for the old-fashioned melodrama in which half the characters were killed off at the end of the play? Full Review

Rating: B -- Made waves during its day because of its explosive sexual and racial content. Full Review

[The Cheat] remains interesting today not only for its gripping vulgarity but also for the spectacular innovations in dramatic lighting De Mille created with his cameraman, Alvin Wyckoff. Full Review