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The Arrest of a Pickpocket


Date: 1895
Type: Crime
Rating: N/A
Colour: Black and White / Silent / Short
Director: Birt Acres
Producer: Robert W Paul

Comment/Synopsis

A man tries to avoid arrest by slipping out of his jacket but is still arrested. This film that runs at only 20 seconds is only notable as being one of the earliest examples of a British story film when most other film makers were recording real life events.

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Robert W Paul