The Heart of a Crook (1914)
Al Metz is accused of horse stealing. He goes to a nearby farm, owned by Rudolph Slausson, and there hides from the sheriff and a posse of cowboys. He gets away from them and boards a freight train bound for New York City, where he robs the New York National Bank. Fearing that he will be caught, he goes to the Central Station with the money on his person. While there a number of emigrants come in, among whom is a young German girl. As he is afraid he will be caught with the money, he deposits it in the bundle of the German girl. When this girl reaches her home she finds upon opening her bundle a bunch of banknotes. She shows them to her husband, who is Mr. Slausson, owner of the farm on which Metz hid. They are both delighted over the money, but are unable to explain where it came from. They finally decide to go back to Germany, but while purchasing their tickets the agent notices that the number on the check is that of the check that was stolen from the bank. They are taken to the police station and questioned as to the money and held as guilty of the bank robbery. In the meantime Metz at a New York hotel, sees in a paper that the real robbers of the National Bank have been caught. He recognizes the name of Slausson as that of the man who helped him hide from the sheriff and the cowboys. He then decides that the only thing for him to do is to go to the police station and confess that he is the real robber of the bank. This be does and Mrs. Slausson and her husband are released.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Raymond B. West | Director |
| Thomas H. Ince | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Roy Laidlaw | |
| Betty Burbridge | |
| M. Lederer |
