The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
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- Not Rated
- 25min
- Comedy, Short
- 11 Jun 1916 (USA)
- Short
A bumbling detective comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress when a drug smuggler wants to force her to marry him.
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Cast
| Douglas Fairbanks | ... |
Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks
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| Bessie Love | ... |
The Little Fish Blower
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Allan Sears | ... |
Gent Rolling in Wealth
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| Tom Wilson | ... |
Police Chief I.M. Keene
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| Alma Rubens | ... |
Wealthy Gent's Female Confederate
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George Hall | ... |
Japanese Accomplice (uncredited)
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| William Lowery | ... |
Gang Leader (uncredited)
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| Joe Murphy | ... |
Footman on Vehicle (uncredited)
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| Charles Stevens | ... |
Japanese Accomplice (uncredited)
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| B.F. Zeidman | ... |
Scenario Editor (uncredited)
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Directed by
| John Emerson | ||
Written by
| Tod Browning | ... | () |
| Anita Loos | ... | (titles) |
Cinematography by
| John W. Leezer | ||
Camera and Electrical Department
| Karl Brown | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| D.W. Griffith | ... | supervisor |
| J.P. McCarty | ... | fish floats patended by (uncredited) |
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Distributors
- Triangle Distributing (1916) (United States) (theatrical)
- Kino Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
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Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his own time in periods for "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drink". In fact he's used to overcome every situation with drugs: consuming it to increase his energies or injecting it in his opponents to KO them. To help the police he discovers a contraband of opium (which he eagerly tastes) transported with "Leaping Fishes", and the blackmail of a mysterious man who wants to marry the "fish blower" girl. Will Coke be able to free the girl ?
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Tod Browning wrote the story for "The Mystery of the Leaping Fish" while recovering from serious injuries in a 1915 auto accident. The crash killed his passenger, actor Elmer Booth. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Episode #1.2 (2011). See more » |