The Decoy
MovieTitle | The Decoy |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Jul 2, 1914 |
Genre | Crime, Romance |
Director | Carl Gregory |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Thanhouser Company |
Run time | 16 min. |
A rather complex interweaving of romance and crime is squeezed into one reel. A "respectable" couple of city "card sharpers" invite a distant country relative to visit, then use her as a pretty, unwitting decoy to lure rich victims. They flee town a step ahead of the law. At a resort, the innocent girl falls in love with the latest victim, but they help expose and apprehend the guilty parties.