The Man in the Box (1908)
A poorly compensated bank clerk is, we may say, to that trying position of "Tantalus" in sight of tons of money but not a dollar of his own. This became more torturing as time went on, until at last, when the bank was arranging to ship a large quantity of cash to the West to relieve the recent money stringency, he made up his mind to heed the solicitude of that specter which had haunted him. Listening to the instructions given to the bank's messenger as to the shipment of the funds, he hustles off to a gang of crooks in whose company he had fallen.
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An action-packed slog
Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.