The Decoy(1914)

movie - first aired/released 1914-07-02 - 16 min - audience 5.0

Crime, Romance

Directed by Carl Gregory

A rather complex interweaving of romance and crime is squeezed into one reel. A "respectable" couple of city "card sharpers" invite a distant country relative to visit, then use her as a pretty, unwitting decoy to lure rich victims. They flee town a step ahead of the law. At a resort, the innocent girl falls in love with the latest victim, but they help expose and apprehend the guilty parties.