Cheating the Public (1918) film poster — UK streaming guide

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Name: Cheating the Public
Genre: Drama
Released: 1918-01-20
Duration: 70 min
Cast: Enid Markey, Ralph Lewis, Wanda Hawley, Bertram Grassby, Tom Wilson

Cheating the Public (1918) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 11 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

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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.

Film
1918
70 min
Drama

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DirectorRichard Stanton

WritersRichard Stanton, Mary Murillo, Edward Sedgwick

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