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The Thief and the Book (1914)
Genres: Crime, Drama
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.
- 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
- Florence Crawford
- Victory Bateman as Old Meg
- D. Mitsoras