One Is Business, the Other Crime

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.

• Release date
• April 24, 1912
• Runtime
• 15 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• D.W. Griffith

Cast

Charles West Poor Husband Dorothy Bernard Poor Wife Edwin August Rich Husband Blanche Sweet Rich Wife

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Frank Evans The Landlord William A. Carroll The Rich Man's First Foreman Frank Opperman The Rich Man's Second Foreman Kate Bruce First Maid