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Stop Thief!

19012 minUnited Kingdom
Drama

Synopsis

A man steals meat from a butcher and flees, setting a pursuit in motion. The chase carries the action beyond a single view as the theft brings swift consequences.

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Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
1:55
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · James Williamson · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsJames Williamson

Historical context

James Williamson's short is among the early examples of a film organized around a chase. Its movement across successive spaces helped develop the screen grammar of action and pursuit.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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