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An Oily Scoundrel (1916)
Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

An Oily Scoundrel (1916)

Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

Fred Mace, a railroad station agent in a small town, learns that he has fallen heir to a large fortune, in his enthusiasm he is unable to keep the news to himself and the local paper publishes a story about it. Charles Arling, head of a ...See moreFred Mace, a railroad station agent in a small town, learns that he has fallen heir to a large fortune, in his enthusiasm he is unable to keep the news to himself and the local paper publishes a story about it. Charles Arling, head of a gang of crooks, reads the story and determines to get possession of the fortune. The simple-minded Mace is approached with a proposition to invest in an oil well. The station agent is an easy mark and buys the land, using the railroad's money temporarily for the purpose. A visit to his property convinces Mace that it is worthless, but as he throws away his shovel in disgust it taps a gusher and the agent is carried skyward by its force. Back again on terra firma he hears that the railroad inspector is coming to inspect his books. In terror he hurries to town to collect his inheritance. The crooks pursue him and when his daughter, Louella Maxam, tries to stop them, they bind her to the track. They hide in a nearby building as an engine which Mace has commandeered to return with his inheritance approaches at full speed. Just as the engine is about to run over Louella, her sweetheart, Earl Rodney, throws a switch and the locomotive runs off on a siding and crashes into the building where the crooks are hiding. Arling and Fay, the swindlers, flee from the ruins and Mace reaches home with the money before the inspector arrives. Then he withdraws his opposition to the marriage of Louella and Earl. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Fred Mace The Station Agent The Station Agent See fewer	Without Hope (1914)
Dale Fuller The Agent's Admirer The Agent's Admirer See fewer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Louella Maxam The Station Agent's Daughter The Station Agent's Daughter See fewer	The Raiders (1921)
Earle Rodney The Daughter's Sweetheart The Daughter's Sweetheart See fewer	Uppercut O'Brien (1929)
Charles Arling 1st Crook 1st Crook See fewer	Back to God's Country (1919)
Hugh Fay 2nd Crook 2nd Crook See fewer	Glad Rags (1922)
Billy Gilbert The Henchman (as Little Billy Gilbert) The Henchman (as Little Billy Gilbert) See fewer	Comrades (1928)
Josef Swickard The Constable The Constable See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Polly Moran The Swindled Real Estate Buyer The Swindled Real Estate Buyer See fewer	Chasing Rainbows (1930)
William Hauber 1st Crooked Real Estate Broker 1st Crooked Real Estate Broker See fewer	Passing the Buck (1919)
William Weber 2nd Crooked Real Estate Broker (as Bill Weber) 2nd Crooked Real Estate Broker (as Bill Weber) See fewer	An Oily Scoundrel (1916)
Tom Kennedy The Sheriff The Sheriff See fewer	The Adventurous Blonde (1937)