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Cheating the Public Synopsis
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.
The Beast Synopsis
a young man gos on a weekend hunting trip; soon finds out that instead of being the hunter he has become the hunted .. in a desperate quest for survival he must battle a savage hunger Beast
"Cheating the Public" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Beast" offers its own unique cult appeal.
Suggested Watch:
Cheating the Public