The Water Rats

1912

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Bill Graw is the leader of the Water Rats, a gang of thieves infesting the waterfront. He is kicked out by the gang when he is ill. He attempts to steal a locket from Elsie, daughter of Dane... Read allBill Graw is the leader of the Water Rats, a gang of thieves infesting the waterfront. He is kicked out by the gang when he is ill. He attempts to steal a locket from Elsie, daughter of Dane, a tugboat captain. He is caught, but befriended by Elsie. Bill, restored to health and t... Read allBill Graw is the leader of the Water Rats, a gang of thieves infesting the waterfront. He is kicked out by the gang when he is ill. He attempts to steal a locket from Elsie, daughter of Dane, a tugboat captain. He is caught, but befriended by Elsie. Bill, restored to health and the chiefship of his gang, saves Elsie from the thugs. Tom Williams, Elsie's sweetheart, is... Read all

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- Oscar Eagle
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Is acted more hysterically than usual

A fighting chase between cops in a tug and a water rat gang of gunmen in a power boat, is the big feature of this picture and this part of it is fine. Taken as a whole, the story is not humanly convincing; but it is very well put together. Its worst defect, for many audiences, is that it pictures very brutal happenings and is acted more hysterically than usual. It is a love story. The policeman's sweetheart helps a sick gunman. The policeman, later, has a pistol fight with the gang as a whole, on one of the docks. The girl goes for the police, who arrive just after the first policeman's ammunition has given out. Then comes the chase. The ending, where the chief gunman puts the handcuffs on himself just because he finds that the cop is the girl's sweetheart, and so that he can have the reward, is almost impossible. - The Moving Picture World, November 16, 1912