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A Bandit

A Bandit

1913Short⏱️ 5m
ComedyShort
⭐ 4.2
IMDB Rating
86 votes

Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a bandit and shoots up the town. Everybody, including the sheriff, flees in terror, ...

Director
Mack Sennett
Writers
N/A
Stars
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Nick Cogley, Ford Sterling
Release Date
June 23, 1913
Language
None, English
Country
United States
πŸ’¬ 1
Reviews
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
as Bully
Nick Cogley
Nick Cogley
as Bully's Friend
Ford Sterling
Ford Sterling
as The Bandit
Beatrice Van
Beatrice Van
as The Girl
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Arthur Tavares
as Clarence
Charles Avery
Charles Avery
as Villager
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William Hauber
as Villager
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Bert Hunn
as Villager
Rube Miller
Rube Miller
as Villager

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Tijuana, Mexico
Production
Keystone Film Company

🏷️ Keywords

split reel

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Faces Change Cases
by boblipton β€’ 2013-09-17
4/10

"Roscoe has no trouble kicking a sissified Arthur Tavares out of town for messing with Beatrice Van, but when a bandit terrorizes the town and Roscoe goes in pursuit, Arthur gets his revenge in this one-joke Keystone split reel comedy. By the time Mack Sennett produced this movie, he had enough talent in front of and behind the camera to produce a steady flow of one-reel comedies. Nonetheless, he still turned out the occasional split reel when an idea didn't pan out or he wanted something in the way of a test reel to find out if a new hire was worth promoting. This effort was for Arbuckle..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with the comedy Peeping Pete (1913).

πŸ“– Synopsis

Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a bandit and shoots up the town. Everybody, including the sheriff, flees in terror, ...