The Running Fight(1915)
Crooked banker Peter V. Wilkinson intentionally drives his own company into bankruptcy and puts the bank's deposits into a secret account he has set up using his daughter Leslie's name. A series of events occurs in which Leslie finds out what her father has done and sets out to get him to return all the money he has stolen.
Movie: The Running Fight
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Peter V. Wilkinson
Leslie Wilkinson
Eliot Beekman
Dist. Atty. Leech
Col. Moorehead
Madeline Braine
Roy Pallister
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Crooked banker Peter V. Wilkinson intentionally drives his own company into bankruptcy and puts the bank's deposits into a secret account he has set up using his daughter Leslie's name. A series of events occurs in which Leslie finds out what her father has done and sets out to get him to return all the money he has stolen.
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1915-07-15
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