Cheating the Public

Cheating the Public

1918
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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Fox Film Corporation
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

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Quick Facts

Release Date January 20, 1918
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0008956

Cast

Enid Markey
Enid Markey

Mary Garvin

Ralph Lewis
Ralph Lewis

John Dowling

Wanda Hawley
Wanda Hawley

Grace Martin

Bertram Grassby
Bertram Grassby

Chester Dowling

Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson

'Bull' Thompson

Edward Peil Sr.
Edward Peil Sr.

Mary's Attorney

Carrie Clark Ward
Carrie Clark Ward

Mrs. O'Toole

Fanny Midgley
Fanny Midgley

Mary's Mother

Frankie Lee
Frankie Lee

Frankie Garvin

Charles Edler
Charles Edler

Martin

Barbara Conley
Barbara Conley

Bobby

Baby Cohen
Baby Cohen

The Baby Brother

Key Crew

Richard Stanton
Director
Richard Stanton
Writer
Edward Sedgwick
Writer