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The Trap

The Trap

1917Short
MysteryShort

Brandon, a police lieutenant, has made it extremely unhealthy for Mulhall and his partner Letson to continue their gambling operations. They plan revenge. Mulhall hires Benny, a gangster, to "plant" his I.O.U. for $2,500 on the pe...

Director
Robert Ellis
Writers
N/A
Stars
George Larkin, Ollie Kirby, Robert Ellis
Release Date
February 9, 1917
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

George Larkin
George Larkin
as Tom Grant - Police Reporter
Ollie Kirby
Ollie Kirby
as Myrta Brandon
Robert Ellis
Robert Ellis
as Jack Mulhall - Gambler
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Harry Gordon
as Police Lt. Brandon
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Bert Tracy
as Benny
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M. Cohen
as Carl Letson

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Production
Kalem Company

🏷️ Keywords

newspaperseriesreporterpolice reporter

🎯 Categories

MysteryShort

⭐ Featured Review

Action runs riot throughout the reel
by deickemeyer2015-02-06

"There are a number of live thrills in "The Trap," the latest episode of the "Grant, Police Reporter," series. The Kalem picture in which George Larkin has the title role tells how the newspaper chap prevented a gang of crooks from disgracing a police officer, the father of the girl he loves. Grant performs some interesting stunts in a dumbwaiter shaft, while on the track of the gang, and winds up by taking a flying leap from a third-story window to a distant telegraph pole. Ollie Kirkby, in the person of the police officer's daughter, gets into a boy's suit of clo..."

💡 Did You Know?

Episode 17 of 29 of the series "Grant, Police Reporter."

📖 Synopsis

Brandon, a police lieutenant, has made it extremely unhealthy for Mulhall and his partner Letson to continue their gambling operations. They plan revenge. Mulhall hires Benny, a gangster, to "plant" his I.O.U. for $2,500 on the pe...