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Caught in the Act (1917)
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Tom Worth is unable to remember anything that happened the night before Jack informs him that what he did is worse than burglary or murder. Tom imagines the headlines in the newspaper proclaiming him a desperate criminal, guilty of triple ...See moreTom Worth is unable to remember anything that happened the night before Jack informs him that what he did is worse than burglary or murder. Tom imagines the headlines in the newspaper proclaiming him a desperate criminal, guilty of triple murder. Effie Jane Page. Tom's sweetheart, phones him that she is going home and asks if he will accompany her. He is to meet her at the station. As Tom is hastening in an auto to the station a detective and a policeman chase him. Tom jumps out of the machine and runs into a store, the men after him. He is caught, and handcuffed. The detective forces him to get on a train at the railroad station, telling him they are going to the scenes of the crime. Jane and Tom and the detective are in the same train. Tom tries in every way not to be seen by her. He covers the handcuffs with a newspaper and introduces the detective as Count de Marmalade, a friend of his. But she sees that his hand is fastened to that of the detectives. Tom tells her that it is a bet. Tom is mistaken for "Curley, the Fox," He is put in a cell. The phone rings and the chief is told that a man positively identified as "Curley, the Fox" has been caught and that they are on their way to the station with him. The Chief sends for Tom. The detectives arrive with "Curley, the Fox," who is an exact duplicate of Tom, and along with him are Tom's friends, Jack, Billy and George. They laughingly tell him that his "crime" was signing the pledge. Tom laughs, but when he suggests that they all have a drink, Effie Jane remonstrates. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Eugene B. Lewis
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Thomas N. Heffron (as T.N. Heffron)
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Updated Jul 27, 1917
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Jul 27, 1917 (United States)

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