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UNITED STATES · 1910

The Marked Time-Table

D.W. Griffith
gambling debt family conflict paternal discipline theft and crime moral corruption
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Synopsis

Young Tom Powers has a wild, irresponsible lifestyle which is condemned by his father but indulged by his well-meaning mother. Tom is pressed to pay his gambling debts, but his father refuses to give him the money. Later, the father plans a business trip on which he will be carrying a large amount of cash. In desperation, Tom disguises himself and surreptitiously enters the house to steal his fath

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