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The Embezzler (1914)

The Embezzler poster
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in a position of trust takes money that does not belong to him. His crime sets off a chain of events that affect those around him.

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What happens

The Embezzler is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by Allan Dwan and featuring Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush and Murdock MacQuarrie. The film is now considered lost. A still exists showing Chaney in the J. Roger Dixon role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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