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Bangville Police

Bangville Police

1913Short⏱️ 8mNot Rated
ShortComedy
5.3
IMDB Rating
886 votes

At a farm near Bangville, the young daughter see strangers in the barn. She quickly rushes to the house and calls the police. The police engage in a haphazard rush across the countryside to get there in time.

Director
Henry Lehrman
Writers
N/A
Stars
Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, Nick Cogley
Release Date
April 24, 1913
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 15
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
as Della - the Farmer's Daughter
Fred Mace
Fred Mace
as Sheriff of Bangville
Nick Cogley
Nick Cogley
as Della's Father
Charles Avery
Charles Avery
as 1st Deputy
Dot Farley
Dot Farley
as Della's Mother
Rube Miller
Rube Miller
as 2nd Deputy (in straw hat)
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
as 3rd Deputy (in straw hat)
Raymond Hatton
Raymond Hatton
as Farm Hand (in vest)
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Jack Leonard
as Deputy
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Fred Happ
as Deputy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Keystone Film Company

🏷️ Keywords

keystone kopsfarmer's daughterdamsel in distressfathercandlestick telephone

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Earliest Existing Keystone Kop Movie
by springfieldrental2021-04-26
6/10

"The earliest existing Keystone Kops movie is April 1913's "The Bangville Police." The Kops made their first tentative introduction a year before in "Hoffmeyer's Legacy," but because it's a lost film, movie historians don't consider the movie as their introduction to cinema. Even in "The Bangville Police," the hapless group of pratfallers weren't identified as the Keystone Kops (or known as Cops in the early going). They appear as a deputized group of clumsy chumps responding to farm girl Mabel Normand's plea over the phone to police c..."

💡 Did You Know?

Was the very first film to feature the group later known as the Keystone Cops. They got this name from the company that produced this title, Keystone.

📖 Synopsis

At a farm near Bangville, the young daughter see strangers in the barn. She quickly rushes to the house and calls the police. The police engage in a haphazard rush across the countryside to get there in time.