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title: 'The Cheaters (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph Kane'
released: '1945-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cheaters-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037588/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cheaters (1945)

1945 · United States


## Synopsis

The Cheaters (1945), also known as MR. M. and the Pigeons, The Amazing MR. M., The Magnificent Mr. M. and The Magnificent Rogue, is a Christmas "screwball comedy" tale about a has-been actor invited to Christmas dinner by a rich family. The film was atypical of the Republic Pictures studio, directed by Joseph Kane and starring Joseph Schildkraut. The film was re-released in 1949 under a new title, The Castaway, and when the Republic film catalogue was sold in the 1950s as late night television fodder, it appeared consistently for years as a Christmas staple throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph Kane](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-kane)
- **Screenplay:** [Frances Hyland](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-hyland)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Walter Scharf](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-scharf)
- **Editor:** [Richard L. Van Enger](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-l-van-enger)

## Cast

- [Billie Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-burke)
- [Eugene Pallette](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-pallette)
- [Joseph Schildkraut](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-schildkraut)

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