Beating the Game (1921)
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.
- Date of release
- 1921-09-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Victor Schertzinger
Casting
- Tom Moore — 'Fancy Charlie'
- Hazel Daly — Nellie Brown
- DeWitt Jennings — G.B. Lawson
- Richard Rosson — Ben Fanchette
- Nick Cogley — 'Slipper' Jones
- Tom Ricketts — Jules Fanchette
- Lydia Knott — Madame Fanchette
- William Orlamond — Bank President
- Lydia Yeamans Titus — Angelica - the Bank President's Wife
Interesting facts
Beating the Game is a 1921 American silent crime film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Tom Moore, Hazel Daly and DeWitt Jennings.
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