The Boss of the 8th - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

"Shorty" Cline collects graft from saloons and gambling resorts in the tenderloin for the political boss of the eighth ward, "Big Steve" Cassidy. On one occasion he rescues Molly Norton's stolen purse from "Buck" Hogan, leader of an East ...See more"Shorty" Cline collects graft from saloons and gambling resorts in the tenderloin for the political boss of the eighth ward, "Big Steve" Cassidy. On one occasion he rescues Molly Norton's stolen purse from "Buck" Hogan, leader of an East Side gang, thus incurring the gangster's enmity. When Cline leaves Cassidy's employ, determined to live honestly in the hope of someday winning Molly for his wife, Hogan and Cassidy frame up a plot and manage to get Cline sentenced to prison for three years. During a mutiny among the convicts, he saves the life of one of the prison guards, for which he is reprieved. He returns to New York. Cassidy soon after succumbs to heart disease, and '"Shorty" and Molly are married. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less