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Cheating the Public

19181h 10mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorRichard Stanton
WritersRichard Stanton·Mary Murillo

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Cast · Directed by Richard Stanton

EMEnid Markey
Enid Markey
Mary Garvin
RLRalph Lewis
Ralph Lewis
John Dowling
WHWanda Hawley
Wanda Hawley
Grace Martin
BGBertram Grassby
Bertram Grassby
Chester Dowling
TWTom Wilson
Tom Wilson
'Bull' Thompson
ESEdward Peil Sr.
Edward Peil Sr.
Mary's Attorney
CWCarrie Clark Ward
Carrie Clark Ward
Mrs. O'Toole
FMFanny Midgley
Fanny Midgley
Mary's Mother
FLFrankie Lee
Frankie Lee
Frankie Garvin
CE
Charles Edler
Martin
BC
Barbara Conley
Bobby
BC
Baby Cohen
The Baby Brother

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