Jack Breen and his wife, Lizzie, are professional crooks, who live in a fine house and set themselves up as belonging to the best. Breen gets his living by various means, including begging. He dresses in ragged clothes and picks up crusts in the street, which he pretends to eat, thereby exciting the sympathy of passers-by.
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Harry T. Morey as Jack Breen - a Fake Beggar
Julia Swayne Gordon as Lizzie Breen - Jack's Wife & Accomplice
Robert Gaillard as 1st Detective
Dorothy Kelly as 2nd Detective
Mary Maurice as Jennie Corcoran
Joseph Baker as Jack Williams
United States 27 May 1913
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