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Company: Keystone Film Company
Year: 1914
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 6 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black & White
Sound Mix: Silent

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A Thief Catcher

Mabel's Strange Predicament

Directed by: Ford Sterling
Writing credits: Ford Sterling
Produced by: Mack Sennett
Cinematography: Hans Koenekamp
Frank D. Williams
more: photo gallery

Cast overview:
Ford Sterling .... Suspicious John
Charles Chaplin .... Cop
William Hauber .... Cop
George Jeske .... Cop
Edgar Kennedy .... Crook
Rube Miller .... Cop
Mack Swain .... Crook

Trivia:
Film historian Paul E. Gierucki discovered a 16mm print of this previously "lost" film in 2010. In a surprise, it contained Charles Chaplin in a bit part as a Keystone Kop.
Synopsis:
This Keystone comedy features Charlie Chaplin making an extended and very funny cameo as a policeman. Chaplin had claimed in interviews that he'd played a bit-role as a policeman while at Keystone Studios. The film was believed lost and Chaplin's appearance unknown until a print was discovered in 2010 at a Michigan antique sale.





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