The Dream Cheater

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.

Top Cast

J. Warren Kerrigan

As Brandon McShane

Wedgwood Nowell

As Angus Burton

Alice Wilson

As Mimi Gascoigne

Joseph J. Dowling

As Shib Mizah

Tom Guise

As Patrick Fitz-George

Fritzi Brunette

As Pauline Mahon

Aggie Herring

As Mrs. Mahon

Sam Sothern

As Shamus McShane