Film·1918·1h 10m

Cheating the Public

Drama

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.

Directed by Richard Stanton

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Cast

12 credited

Enid Markey
Enid MarkeyMary Garvin
Ralph Lewis
Ralph LewisJohn Dowling
Wanda Hawley
Wanda HawleyGrace Martin
Bertram Grassby
Bertram GrassbyChester Dowling
Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson'Bull' Thompson
Edward Peil Sr.
Edward Peil Sr.Mary's Attorney
Carrie Clark Ward
Carrie Clark WardMrs. O'Toole
Fanny Midgley
Fanny MidgleyMary's Mother
Frankie Lee
Frankie LeeFrankie Garvin
Charles Edler
Charles EdlerMartin
Barbara Conley
Barbara ConleyBobby
Baby Cohen
Baby CohenThe Baby Brother

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