Graft

"The greatest political serial of all times, showing Richard Stanton's clash with the pirates of high finance. A thrilling number."

1915

6h 40m

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Drama

Overview

20 two reels episodic dramatic serial now lost. (1) Liquor and the Law (1915); (2) The Tenement House Evil (1915); (3) The Traction Grab (1915); (4) The Power of the People (1916); (5) Grinding Life Down (1916); (6) The Railroad Monopoly (1916); (7) America Saved from War (1916); (8) Old King Coal (1916); (9) The Insurance Swindlers (1916); (10) The Harbor Transportation Trust (1916); (11) The Illegal Bucket Shops (1916); (12) The Milk Battle (1916); (13) The Powder Trust and the War (1916); (14) The Iron Ring (1916); (15) The Patent Medicine Danger (1916); (16) The Pirates of Finance (1916); (17) Queen of the Prophets (1916); (18) The Hidden City of Crime (1916); (19) The Photo Badger Game (1916); and (20) The Final Conquest (1916).

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42 members

Directing

Hobart Henley

Bruce Larnigan (Episodes 1-3)

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Harry Carey

Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12)

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Jane Novak

Dorothy Maxwell

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Richard Stanton

Robert Harding

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Glen White

Stanford Stone

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Nanine Wright

Mrs. Larnigan

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Mark Fenton

Roger Maxwell

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Jack Connolly

Ben Travers

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Jack Abbott

Jim Stevens

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Wadsworth Harris

Mark Gamble

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Mina Cunard

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Eddie Polo

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J. Edwin Brown

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William T. Horne

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Hayward Mack

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Burton Law

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L.M. Wells

Roger Maxwell

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Fred Hearne

Tom Cross

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Yona Landowska

Dorothy's Maid

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Rex De Rosselli

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Malcolm Blevins

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Violet Schram

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Rosita Marstini

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Fred Montague

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E.P. Evers

Dunn - Stone's Lieutenant

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Andrew Arbuckle

Boss Mead

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Gypsy Sartoris

Madam Del Rae

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Hector V. Sarno

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Mary Ruby

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Will E. Sheerer

Dudley Larnigan

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Jack Curtis

Murphy

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Burton S. Wilson

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F.E. Spooner

Anton Dow [Ch. 2]

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Helen Orr

Mrs. Anton Dow [Ch. 2]

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C.W. Bachman

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Elmer Wilson

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Edward Clark

Grant Fisher

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Frank MacQuarrie

Captain Monk

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George Bonn

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Mary Haines

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George A. McDaniel

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Yvette Mitchell

Chinese Girl

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