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[A Clever Sleuth]
Also known as A Clever Sleuth in the USA
(1909) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont production; distributed by Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as A Clever Sleuth by Kleine Optical Company on 28 December 1909, [?] in a split-reel with Hush Money (1909)?

Comedy.

Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 8 January 1910, page 17] A comedy in which a species of travesty upon so-called sleuthing is enacted. When the police fail to locate a thief the detective accomplishes it through discovering a cigar butt of very rank smell. The picture possesses no particular feature, but is not unpleasant and will amuse an audience without arousing any remarkable degree of interest.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 23 January 2025.

References: MovPicWorld-19100108 p. 17 : Website-IMDb.

 
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