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  • Jerry's Double Cross (1917)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
Jerry's Double Cross (1917)
Short | Short, Comedy
Jerry is in love with a girl whose father owns an antique shop and who is deeply in debt. The old man hates Jerry and wants his daughter to marry his bookkeeper. He relies greatly on the bookkeeper to rescue him from his financial ...See moreJerry is in love with a girl whose father owns an antique shop and who is deeply in debt. The old man hates Jerry and wants his daughter to marry his bookkeeper. He relies greatly on the bookkeeper to rescue him from his financial difficulties and in order to bind him to his cause, he compels the girl to agree to marry him. In furtherance of his plan he commands her to write a letter to Jerry breaking off their engagement. Jerry receives the letter and, heartbroken, decides on suicide, but not having nerve enough to do the deed himself, he visits a professional murderer and makes a contract with him to kill him on sight. He then repents his bargain and is kept busy dodging his executioner. In the meantime the bookkeeper puts up a scheme in the shape of an auction sale and sends confidential telegrams to various wealthy people to buy everything marked with a double cross, as these things are very valuable. The girl, believing in the fake, meets Jerry and giving him some money tells him to buy double-cross articles also and they go towards the store. On the way, Jerry again falls in with the murderous gentleman and after a brief skirmish succeeds in landing him in the hands of a policeman. When they reach the store, the auction is about over, only one marked piece remaining, a large vase. Jerry buys it and then, after the money has been paid over, the bookkeeper gives him the laugh and explains the fake. Jerry hits the bookkeeper over the head with the vase, the vase is broken and among the pieces a roll of bills amounting to $10,000 is discovered. Thus Jerry and the girl are made independent and the bookkeeper loses out. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Charles Bartlett
Producer
David Horsley
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Updated Dec 20, 1917
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Dec 20, 1917 (United States)

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5 cast members
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