Movie Description
Cheating the Public
(1918)Overview
John Dowling, a greedy factory owner, cuts his employees' pay while raising their food prices at the company store. The employees strike but to no avail. Mary Garvin visits Dowling to plead the laborers' cause, but because her mother had once refused his marriage proposal, he attacks Mary out of revenge. In the struggle, Dowling is shot, and Mary is tried and convicted of murder. Before the execution, foreman "Bull" Thompson boasts that his bullet killed Dowling during Mary and the factory owner's struggle, and Dowling's son Chester, who has attempted to introduce reforms into the factory, races to the governor's train to secure a pardon for Mary. After Mary's release, she and Chester are married.
Featured Crew
- Director : Richard Stanton
- Writer : Richard Stanton,Edward Sedgwick
- Cast : Enid Markey,Ralph Lewis,Wanda Hawley,Bertram Grassby,Tom Wilson,Edward Peil Sr.,Carrie Clark Ward,Fanny Midgley,Frankie Lee,Charles Edler,Barbara Conley,Baby Cohen,James Titus,Henry Peal,Joseph Hartley,James Morgan,Arthur Glynn,James P. McNeill,Arthur Shilling,Fritz von Hardenberg,Miles McCormack,Beverly Griffith
Cast
Mary Garvin
John Dowling
Grace Martin
Chester Dowling
'Bull' Thompson
Mary's Attorney
Mrs. O'Toole
Mary's Mother
Frankie Garvin
Martin
Bobby
The Baby Brother
The Judge
The District Attorney
The Twelfth Juror
Warden
The Governor
Dowling's Butler
Dowling's Secretary
Factory Inspector
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Facts
Original TitleCheating the Public
Status Released
Release Information
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1918-01-20
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 10m
Production CompaniesFox Film Corporation
Genres
- Drama
