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    Beating the Game

    60'

    1921-09-01

    8

    Crime,Drama

    Overview:

    Professional safecracker Fancy Charlie breaks into the apartment of G.B. Lawson, a criminologist, and mistakenly believes that he has robbed a fellow safecracker. Out of "professional courtesy" he informs Lawson of what he has done. Instead of calling the police, Lawson--who believes in the philosophy of "honor among thieves"--makes a deal with Charlie: to show Charlie that it's actually more profitable to be a legitimate businessman then a crook, he'll give Charlie some money if Charlie will use it to establish a legitimate business in the small town of Plumfield, and at the end of a year they will divide up whatever profits Charlie is able to make honestly. Charlie agrees, but soon discovers that things aren't going to be quite as easy as he thought.

    DirectingVictor SchertzingerWritingCharles Kenyon

    Cast

    1

    'Fancy Charlie'

    Tom Moore

    1

    Nellie Brown

    Hazel Daly

    1

    G.B. Lawson

    DeWitt Jennings

    1

    Ben Fanchette

    Richard Rosson

    1

    'Slipper' Jones

    Nick Cogley

    1

    Jules Fanchette

    Tom Ricketts

    1

    Madame Fanchette

    Lydia Knott

    1

    Bank President

    William Orlamond

    1

    Angelica - the Bank President's Wife

    Lydia Yeamans Titus

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. No Language
    • List of companies:
      1. Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.2973
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Beating the Game

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