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The Quack
Film / 1914

The Quack

Directed by Wilbert Melville
Drama

★ 10.0/10Audience rating

James MacDonald, familiarly known as "Slim Jim," who prefers to make a livelihood by stealth rather than by honest endeavor, leaves his wife and young son one evening, and with the assistance of a "pal" succeeds in fleecing a stranger at "Three Card Monte" for a considerable sum.

The story

James MacDonald, familiarly known as "Slim Jim," who prefers to make a livelihood by stealth rather than by honest endeavor, leaves his wife and young son one evening, and with the assistance of a "pal" succeeds in fleecing a stranger at "Three Card Monte" for a considerable sum.

Cast

Lee ShumwayJames McDonald aka Slim Jim aka Dr. Reed Velma WhitmanMary McDonald - Jim's Wife William DennisThree-Card Burke George Routh'Doc' Jones William ParsonsDetective Simpson Charles BrandtHarold - McDonald's Child

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