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Cheating the Public

  • 19181918
  • 1h 10m
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Enid Markey in Cheating the Public (1918)
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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 ... Read allJohn 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 att... Read allJohn 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 convicte... Read all
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    • Director
      • Richard Stanton
    • Writers
      • Mary Murillo(story "Responsibility")
      • Richard Stanton
      • Edward Sedgwick
    • Stars
      • Enid Markey
      • Ralph Lewis
      • Bertram Grassby
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    • Director
      • Richard Stanton
    • Writers
      • Mary Murillo(story "Responsibility")
      • Richard Stanton
      • Edward Sedgwick
    • Stars
      • Enid Markey
      • Ralph Lewis
      • Bertram Grassby
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    Enid Markey
    Enid Markey
    • Mary Garvin
    Ralph Lewis
    Ralph Lewis
    • John Dowling
    Bertram Grassby
    Bertram Grassby
    • Chester Dowling
    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • 'Bull' Thompson
    Edward Peil Sr.
    Edward Peil Sr.
    • Mary's Attorney
    • (as Edward Peil)
    Charles Edler
    Charles Edler
    • Martin
    Wanda Hawley
    Wanda Hawley
    • Grace Martin
    • (as Wanda Petit)
    Carrie Clark Ward
    • Mrs. O'Toole
    Fanny Midgley
    • Mary's Mother
    Frankie Lee
    Frankie Lee
    • Frankie Garvin
    Barbara Conley
    • Bobby
    Baby Cohen
    • The Baby Brother
    James Titus
    • The Judge
    Henry Peal
    • The District Attorney
    Joseph Hartley
    • The Twelfth Juror
    James Morgan
    • Warden
    Arthur Glynn
    • The Governor
    James P. McNeill
    • Dowling's Butler
    • (as James McNeil)
    • Director
      • Richard Stanton
    • Writers
      • Mary Murillo(story "Responsibility")
      • Richard Stanton
      • Edward Sedgwick
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    • Release date
      • January 20, 1918 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • None
    • Production company
      • Fox Film Corporation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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