Hand-Picked Alternatives Movies That Echo the Spirit of The Manxman: Cult Guide

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A gang consisting of the Frog, who can dislocate his limbs; the Dope, a drug addict; Rose, who poses as the Dope's brutalized mistress; and Burke, the leader; prey on the sympathies and contributions of Chinatown sightseers, until Tom, reading about a deaf, mute, and nearly-blind supposed faith-healer called the Patriarch, living upstate, plans to take greater advantage of the public's gullibility. and Rose poses as the patriarch's long-lost niece and the Frog fakes a cure, when a real crippled boy, inspired by seeing the Frog's contorted limbs healed, walks for the first time. When news spreads and other cures occur, the gang collects much money, but gradually, each member, influenced by the Patriarch and the country atmosphere, changes for the better. The Frog becomes a widow's adopted son, while the Dope falls in love. When Rose almost falls for a millionaire, Tom overcomes his murderous jealousy and, renouncing his past, declares his love. After the Patriarch dies, Tom and Rose marry.

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A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Dodging a Million perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Mabel plays Arabella Flynn, a shop girl who mistakenly thinks she is an heiress. She gets in a jam on a spending spree only to discover that she actually is an heiress and can marry the heir of a corset manufacturer.

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A detective who secretly heads a gang of jewel thieves loves an actress engaged to an Earl's son.

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A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Sons of Satan perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A typist exposes a group of businessmen as German spies plotting to blow up a bridge.

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Joseph Chandler, owner of the Tatlow Potteries is in serious financial trouble and is about to be closed down by his creditors, which will mean the ruin of the small town. Cyrus Blenkarn, an employee, has discovered a new transparent glaze that will revolutionize the industry, which Chandler pays him fifty pound for, uses it to new funding from his creditors, and takes all the credit for being the savior of the town. Blenkarn vows revenge and it comes, via a discovery in South Africa.

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A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of 0-18 or A Message from the Sky perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

When the king is killed by his rival, his English double takes his place and is shot.

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A squire tries to make his son deny he fathered a villager's child, and wed an heiress.

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A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Middleman perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A Lord's mob kills the cleric who sought to save the soul of a beloved actress.

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A Lord's son loves the daughter of a counterfeiter who steals necklaces.

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A man poses as a boxer to impress a barmaid and is forced to fight the champion.