The Dream Cheater

An adaptation of Balzac's novel set in the roaring twenties, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine.

• Honoré de BalzacWriter
• Ernest C. WardeDirector
• Jack CunninghamScreenplay

• J. Warren KerriganBrandon McShane
• Wedgwood NowellAngus Burton
• Alice WilsonMimi Gascoigne
• Joseph J. DowlingShib Mizah
• Tom GuisePatrick Fitz-George
• Fritzi BrunettePauline Mahon
• Aggie HerringMrs. Mahon
• Sam SothernShamus McShane