Beating the Game (1921)
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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.
- Release date
- September 1, 1921
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Tom Moore as 'Fancy Charlie'
- Hazel Daly as Nellie Brown
- DeWitt Jennings as G.B. Lawson
- Richard Rosson as Ben Fanchette
- Nick Cogley as 'Slipper' Jones
- Tom Ricketts as Jules Fanchette
- Lydia Knott as Madame Fanchette
- William Orlamond as Bank President
- Lydia Yeamans Titus as Angelica - the Bank President's Wife
Crew
- Victor Schertzinger · Director
- Charles Kenyon · Writer
- Ernest Miller · Cinematographer