Cheating the Public (1918)

01/20/1918 (US) Drama 1h 10m
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ALL! ALL! GRAPHICALLY SHOWN ALL! ALL in WILLIAM FOX'S Stupendous 1918 Cinemelodrama "Cheating the Public" THE GREATEST MELODRAMA EVER FILMED

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.

  1. Richard Stanton

    Director, Writer

  2. Mary Murillo

    Story

  3. Edward Sedgwick

    Writer

Top Billed Cast

  1. Enid Markey

    Enid Markey

    Mary Garvin

  2. Ralph Lewis

    Ralph Lewis

    John Dowling

  3. Wanda Hawley

    Wanda Hawley

    Grace Martin

  4. Bertram Grassby

    Bertram Grassby

    Chester Dowling

  5. Tom Wilson

    Tom Wilson

    'Bull' Thompson

  6. Edward Peil Sr.

    Edward Peil Sr.

    Mary's Attorney

  7. Carrie Clark Ward

    Carrie Clark Ward

    Mrs. O'Toole

  8. Fanny Midgley

    Fanny Midgley

    Mary's Mother

  9. Frankie Lee

    Frankie Lee

    Frankie Garvin

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Status Released

Original Language English

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