Cheating the Public
ALL! ALL! GRAPHICALLY SHOWN ALL! ALL in WILLIAM FOX'S Stupendous 1918 Cinemelodrama "Cheating the Public" THE GREATEST MELODRAMA EVER FILMED
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.
- Director
- Richard Stanton
- Writer
- Richard Stanton
- Writer
- Edward Sedgwick
Questions
- Is Cheating the Public free to watch?
- Not on Filmghar: we only play films and episodes that are in the public domain or that the owner has made free. We'll show it here as soon as it is free.
- Where can I watch Cheating the Public in Pakistan?
- We couldn't find a streaming service carrying Cheating the Public in Pakistan right now.
- Who is in the cast of Cheating the Public?
- Cheating the Public stars Enid Markey, Ralph Lewis, Wanda Hawley, Bertram Grassby.
- What kind of film is Cheating the Public?
- Cheating the Public (1918) is a drama film.
