Where to Watch The Shell Game (1918)

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Shell Game' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Shell Game' right now, here are some particulars about the Metro Pictures Corporation drama flick.

Released March 4th, 1918, 'The Shell Game' stars Joseph Kilgour, Henry Kolker, Emmy Wehlen, Ricca Allen The movie has a runtime of about 50 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from knowledgeable users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "New York confidence man "Silk" Wilkins ingratiates himself with millionaire Lawrence Gray, knowing Gray’s wife and daughter Zelda were lost in a flood eighteen years earlier. After promising to find Gray's daughter, Silk returns to his boardinghouse, where he finds Alice Sheldon, broke and about to commit suicide. Silk convinces Alice to pose as Zelda Gray and then notifies Lawrence via a note placed in an almond shell that he has found the lost daughter. Lawrence treats Alice so kindly that when Silk demands payment from her on Christmas morning, she refuses. Lawrence, who has overheard the conversation, enters and laughingly reveals that he had known of the frame-up all along. Grateful to Silk for finding him a wife, Lawrence writes the confidence man a large check." .