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  • The Man Who Never Was Caught (1915)
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The Man Who Never Was Caught (1915)
Short | Short, Drama
Shifty Steve, the elusive crook, known in the underworld as "The Man Who Never Was Caught," enters a house to rob, and reaching the bedroom of the young householder, chokes her into insensibility. A policeman on the beat, becoming ...See moreShifty Steve, the elusive crook, known in the underworld as "The Man Who Never Was Caught," enters a house to rob, and reaching the bedroom of the young householder, chokes her into insensibility. A policeman on the beat, becoming suspicious, has trailed Steve to the house and followed him through the open window. Before proceeding with the night's business, Steve throttles him and hurls him through the window. On coming to, he blows his whistle, and a comrade arrives on the run. The householder gives information which puts the law on Steve's trail; but in a chase over housetops and down fire escapes he makes a daring getaway. The next day's newspapers carry a story of the crime and also an interview with a social worker on conditions in the underworld. A girl reporter is assigned by her city editor to investigate dance halls for a Sunday feature story. In a low dive she meets a girl habitué who points out Shifty Steve. Steve speaks to the girl, who proudly introduces him to the reporter. A "sorehead" crook leads a gang attack on Steve, following which the place is raided by the police. Steve gets away in company with the reporter, who tells him that she will admit him to the house where she is employed as maid. The trap is laid in the newspaper owner's home, and Steve is captured. But on the way to the station house he effects a daring escape. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Wray Bartlett Physioc
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Updated Sep 13, 1915
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Sep 13, 1915 (United States)

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