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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1528

The Little Train Robbery

190512 minUnited States

Synopsis

A gang of children stages a train robbery on a miniature railway. Their bandit poses conceal an appetite for dolls and candy, while pursuing police interrupt the division of the stolen treasures.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 12:05
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Edwin S. Porter · Public domain

DirectorsEdwin S. Porter

Historical context

Porter parodies his own The Great Train Robbery by changing the scale, cast and valuables. Miniature trains and a playhouse turn a familiar western crime into children's imitation.

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