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Cheating the Public (1918)
70 min | Drama

Cheating the Public (1918)

70 min | 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 ...See moreJohn 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. See less

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Enid Markey Mary Garvin Mary Garvin See fewer	Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Ralph Lewis John Dowling John Dowling See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Bertram Grassby Chester Dowling Chester Dowling See fewer	When a Man Loves (1927)
Tom Wilson 'Bull' Thompson 'Bull' Thompson See fewer	The Yankee Way (1917)
Edward Peil Sr. Mary's Attorney (as Edward Peil) Mary's Attorney (as Edward Peil) See fewer	Broken Blossoms (1919)
Charles Edler Martin Martin See fewer	The Yankee Way (1917)
Wanda Hawley Grace Martin (as Wanda Petit) Grace Martin (as Wanda Petit) See fewer	Hearts and Spangles (1926)
Carrie Clark Ward Mrs. O'Toole Mrs. O'Toole See fewer	Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
Fanny Midgley Mary's Mother Mary's Mother See fewer	Wasted Lives (1923)
Frankie Lee Frankie Garvin Frankie Garvin See fewer	Jinx (1919)
Barbara Conley Bobby Bobby See fewer	The Girl Who Won Out (1917)
Baby Cohen The Baby Brother The Baby Brother See fewer	Cheating the Public (1918)
James Titus The Judge The Judge See fewer	Cheating the Public (1918)
Henry Peal The District Attorney The District Attorney See fewer	Cheating the Public (1918)
Joseph Hartley The Twelfth Juror The Twelfth Juror See fewer	Cheating the Public (1918)
James Morgan Warden Warden See fewer	Cheating the Public (1918)
Arthur Glynn The Governor The Governor See fewer	Cheating the Public (1918)
James P. McNeill Dowling's Butler (as James McNeil) Dowling's Butler (as James McNeil) See fewer	The Ragged Earl (1914)
Arthur Shilling Dowling's Secretary Dowling's Secretary See fewer	Matlock (1986)
Fritz von Hardenberg Factory Inspector (as Count von Hardenberg) Factory Inspector (as Count von Hardenberg) See fewer	The Yankee Way (1917)
Miles McCormack Actor Actor See fewer	Cheating the Public (1918)
Beverly Griffith Actress Actress See fewer	What Darwin Missed (1916)