The Thief and the Book
24/01/1914
Young thief “The Bat” to distract an old bookseller, while his partner, “The Fly,” robs the till, purchases a book at random. Later, after a chase and escape to the Devil's Roost, Old Meg's refuge for thieves, he takes the book from his pocket and is about to throw it aside when the title attracts him, "Electricity Made Simple." Intrigued, the volume opens a new life to him and in time enables him to rescue the bookseller’s daughter Bess when she falls into trouble.
Crime
Drama
Movie Information
Ernest Joy
as The Bat
Eugene Pallette
as The Fly
Billie West
as Bess Jones
Josef Swickard
as Mr. Jones - Bess's Grandfather
Carrie Clark Ward
as
Florence Crawford
as
Victory Bateman
as Old Meg
D. Mitsoras
as
