Cheaters at Play

{{short description|1932 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Cheaters at Play

| image = Cheaters at Play poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Hamilton MacFadden

| producer =

| screenplay = Malcolm Stuart Boylan

| based_on = {{Based on|the short story, "The Lone Wolf's Son"|Louis Joseph Vance}}

| starring = Thomas Meighan
Charlotte Greenwood
William Bakewell
Ralph Morgan
Barbara Weeks
Linda Watkins

| music =

| cinematography = Ernest Palmer

| editing = Irene Morra

| studio = Fox Film Corporation

| distributor = Fox Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1932|1|27}}

| runtime = 58 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Cheaters at Play is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charlotte Greenwood, William Bakewell, Ralph Morgan, Barbara Weeks and Linda Watkins. The film was released on January 27, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70723/cheaters-at-play|title=Cheaters at Play (1932)|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=October 11, 2015}}{{cite web|author=M.H.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE6D71E3FE633A25754C2A9649C946394D6CF|title=Cheaters at Play - Crooks and Ex-Crooks|work=NYTimes.com|date=February 27, 1932|access-date=October 11, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4991|title=Cheaters at Play|publisher=Afi.com|access-date=October 11, 2015}} The film was based on the Lone Wolf character, who appeared in many films produced by Columbia Pictures.{{cite book |last1=Blottner |first1=Gene |title=Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786486724 |chapter=The Lone Wolf }}