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The Hop Smugglers (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The Hop Smugglers (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Helen, a writer, tries to secure a position on a newspaper to earn necessary luxuries for her invalid mother. Refused a job unless she brings in a real news story, Helen dejectedly trudges off on a hunt for opium smugglers who are ...See moreHelen, a writer, tries to secure a position on a newspaper to earn necessary luxuries for her invalid mother. Refused a job unless she brings in a real news story, Helen dejectedly trudges off on a hunt for opium smugglers who are operating successfully on the Mexican border. Sikes, the Revenue Officer, has been unable to get evidence of anyone. Helen befriends a denizen of Chinatown and through him learns that the smuggling is being done through the means of an irrigation canal running across the border just outside the city. The smugglers fasten tins of opium to logs and float them down the canal and past the line, after which they are picked up by a Chinese confederate posing as a seller of driftwood kindling and delivered at the back door of Chinese restaurants, where the gang hangs out. One of the logs gets caught in a chunk of wood and Helen finds it. With Sikes she lies in wait, captures the wood seller and drives the load of wood and opium to the restaurant, with Sikes hidden under the load of kindling. One of the smugglers has escaped and warns the restaurant by phone of the arrest of his pal, and a fight commences when Helen starts to unload the wood, but with the help of Sikes and a load of cops, the smugglers are captured with all the evidence. Helen gets an exclusive story for the paper and is handed a job as news reporter. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Irene Hunt Helen Harris Helen Harris See fewer	Oliver Twist, Jr. (1921)
Ralph Lewis Sikes - the Revenue Officer Sikes - the Revenue Officer See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Josephine Crowell Helen's Mother (as Mrs. Crowell) Helen's Mother (as Mrs. Crowell) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
William Lowery Actor (as W.A. Lowery) Actor (as W.A. Lowery) See fewer	Battling Buddy (1924)
John T. Dillon Actor (as Jack Dillon) Actor (as Jack Dillon) See fewer	Seven Days (1914)
Eagle Eye Actor Actor See fewer	The Son of the Wolf (1922)