Spider Barlow and Spike, motivated by a news article about District Attorney Willard Dale giving his wife, Peggy, an expensive necklace, pose as gardeners to case the Dales' home. While the Dales are at a costume party dressed as thieves, Spider and Spike steal the necklace. Willard returns home, is mistaken for a real burglar, and in the ensuing confusion, Spider escapes with the necklace.
Edward Coxen
Willard Dale
Winifred Greenwood
Peggy Dale
George Field
Spider Barlow
Sidney Algier
Spike
Spider Barlow and Spike, motivated by a news article about District Attorney Willard Dale giving his wife, Peggy, an expensive necklace, pose as gardeners to case the Dales' home. While the Dales are at a costume party dressed as thieves, Spider and Spike steal the necklace. Willard returns home, is mistaken for a real burglar, and in the ensuing confusion, Spider escapes with the necklace.
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
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A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.
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A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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