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King the Detective and the Smugglers
Also known as [King the Detective and the Opium Smugglers]
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: King Baggot [King the Detective], Jane Fearnley [the girl], Fred Kelsey [the bully], Edith Haldeman [the girl’s sister], Frank Blackmore (Willard Blackmore)

Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Released 24 October 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Print exists in a private film collection [8mm reduction positive (Blackhawk Films)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives

Listing updated: 1 January 2015.

References: Lahue-Gentlemen p. 14 : ClasIm-330 p. 37 : Website-IMDb.