Comedy · United States of America · 1921 · 20m

Edgar, the Detective

Director

Cast

Edward Peil Jr. as Edgar Pomeroy Lucille Ricksen as Alice Littlefield Buddy Messinger as Freddie Littlefield Nick Cogley as John Cossar as Cordelia Callahan as

Crew

Booth Tarkington — Writer

Synopsis

Edgar buys a badge and a book of instructions and starts to learn the detective business. When he and his chum accompany his uncle's hired hand and his girl to town on a load of hay, and learn that a stop at the minister's means a marriage and not a murder, the two boys are sadly disappointed.

Key Collaborators

Paul Bern Director Booth Tarkington Writer

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