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Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin. / © 10 April 1902 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H16335]. Released April 1900. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / The production was shot on Biograph Studio rooftop at 841 Broadway in New York, New York, on 24 April 1900.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [American Mutoscope & Biograph Company Picture Catalogue, November 1902, page ?] A burlesque on the work of highwaymen in Chicago. An elderly gentleman is sandbagged and robbed by a thug, who inadvertently leaves some money on the victim’s prostrate body. A policeman happening along, takes the money and passes by without paying any attention to the plight of the victim.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive] and (American Film Institute / Cecil Miller collection) [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Criminals: Thieves - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Money - USA: Illinois: Chicago

Listing updated: 9 September 2023.

References: Film viewing : Leyda-Before pp. 81, 102; Musser-Emerge p. 3; Sloan-Loud pp. 20, 42, 149 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.