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The Man Who Lied (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The Man Who Lied (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Jim Lewis, an honest young police officer, comes home of an evening with money that he has borrowed from a friend to send his sick sister away to a different climate. Before, however, he reaches his apartment, the pursuit of an escaping ...See moreJim Lewis, an honest young police officer, comes home of an evening with money that he has borrowed from a friend to send his sick sister away to a different climate. Before, however, he reaches his apartment, the pursuit of an escaping culprit attracts his attention. He joins in. He runs his man over buildings and finally corners him. It is his brother. After dropping what little money he did have on the gambling table, the brother had taken to theft to secure the money for his sister. Jim lets him go, telling his seniors that the man escaped. This is his first lie and he is dismissed from the service by the very friend who had loaned him the money. Thinking to retrieve his honor, Jim goes, with his brother and sister, to the Northwest, and Jim joins the mounted police. McNulty, the plain-clothes friend who loaned Jim the money, suspects that something is wrong and follows. When the brother catches sight of him he is staggered with fear and steals a horse and escapes into the hills. Jim, unaware that his brother is the one who has stolen the horse, asks the officer for a chance to make good. The alarm is given and Jim is told to get his man. Jim accompanies the mounted and the U.S. officer into the hills and the thief is cornered in a hut. Jim approaches, and is shot. He closes in and then discovers that it is again his brother. "I've lost my reputation through you, but you will not take my chance to retrieve it," Jim cries. However, the brother pleads that he be spared for his sister's sake, and Jim gives in. The brother is seen to leave the house and all give chase except Jim. The brother escapes. The officers, returning, find Jim upon the ground, dead of his wounds. The brother returns to his sister and, anyway he was always her favorite of the two. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
J. Warren Kerrigan Jim Lewis Jim Lewis See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Rose Gibbons Rose Lewis Rose Lewis See fewer	Samson (1914)
William Worthington Ed Lewis Ed Lewis See fewer	The Clock (1917)
George Periolat Detective McNulty Detective McNulty See fewer	The Red Lily (1924)