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One Is Business, the Other Crime

One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)

0h 15m | PG-13

⭐ 5.8 / 10

Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured at gunpoint by the mistress of the house. It is the home of the rich couple. While holding the poor intruder at gunpoint, the rich wife accidentally discovers evidence implicating her own husband in a bribery scheme.

Director: D.W. Griffith

Studio: American Mutoscope & Biograph

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Charles West

Charles West

as Poor Husband

Dorothy Bernard

Dorothy Bernard

as Poor Wife

Edwin August

Edwin August

as Rich Husband

Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet

as Rich Wife

Frank Evans

Frank Evans

as The Landlord

William A. Carroll

William A. Carroll

as The Rich Man's First Foreman