Two convicts escape from the city jail and manage to elude their pursuers for quite a while, by contriving a fake motion picture machine and posing as picture producers. But, like many of us, they become over-confident and are finally apprehended by the guard.
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Charles Murray as First Convict
Dell Henderson as Second Convict
Edward Dillon as Guard
Gus Pixley as The Sheriff
Frank Opperman as The Bartender
Clarence Barr as The Tramp
United States 17 March 1913
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