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The Lovable Cheat (1949)
Director: Richard Oswald
Cast: Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Ney, Alan Mowbray
Runtime75 min
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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 can land herself a rich husband.
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The Lovable Cheat (1949), directed by Richard Oswald, is a comedic film about a man named Mercadet who poses as a wealthy Parisian in order to fleece his friends and acquaintances, all to help his daughter find a rich husband. The film's critical reception and awards recognition are unknown, but its rating on IMDb suggests it may have resonated with some audiences.
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The Lovable Cheat is a 1949 American historical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner and Richard Ney. It is based on the 1848 play Mercadet Le Faiseur  by Honoré de Balzac. It was the final film of the veteran Austrian director Oswald, who had fled into exile following the Nazi rise to power. Buster Keaton played a small supporting role in the film, as his career had seriously declined by this stage.
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