
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- No Language
- lost film
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical20 Jan 1918
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- When was Cheating the Public released?
- Cheating the Public was released on 20 January 1918.
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- Who directed Cheating the Public?
- Cheating the Public (1918) was directed by Richard Stanton.
- How long is Cheating the Public?
- Cheating the Public runs for 1h 10m.












