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The Thief and the Book

0.0 20 mins Crime   Drama   1914
Majestic Motion Picture Company  
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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.

Casts of The Thief and the Book

Ernest Joy

as The Bat

Eugene Pallette

as The Fly

Billie West

as Bess Jones

Josef Swickard

as Mr. Jones - Bess's Grandfather

Victory Bateman

as Old Meg

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