Cheating the Public [1470420] Released: 1918-01-20 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 70 mins Popularity: 0.0912 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: 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 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. Cast [22] Enid MarkeyMary Garvin Ralph LewisJohn Dowling Wanda HawleyGrace Martin Bertram GrassbyChester Dowling Tom Wilson'Bull' Thompson Edward Peil Sr.Mary's Attorney Carrie Clark WardMrs. O'Toole Fanny MidgleyMary's Mother Frankie LeeFrankie Garvin Charles EdlerMartin Barbara ConleyBobby Baby CohenThe Baby Brother James TitusThe Judge Henry PealThe District Att Joseph HartleyThe Twelfth Juro James MorganWarden Arthur GlynnThe Governor James P. McNeillDowling's Butler Arthur ShillingDowling's Secret Fritz von HardenbergFactory Inspecto Miles McCormack Beverly Griffith Trailers