Beating the Game

Beating the Game (1921)

CrimeDrama

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.

Director: Victor Schertzinger
Writer: Charles Kenyon

Casts

	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