Comedy ·Crime · United States of America · 1919 · 50m

Too Many Crooks

Director

Cast

Gladys Leslie as Boston Fanny Jean Paige as Charlotte Browning Thomas J. McGrane as Erastus Browning James Dent as Marshall Blackstone Huntley Gordon as Bidwell Wright Cecil Chichester as Benny the Chipmunk

Crew

Jules Cronjager — Director of Photography J. Chauncey Brainerd — Novel Edith Rathbone Brainerd — Novel

Synopsis

After millionaire Erastus Browning and his daughter Charlotte, a playwright, attend a crime play, Charlotte complains that the crook characters are not true to life. To prove her point, aided by supposed criminal Bidwell Wright, Charlotte invites a number of notorious criminals to her home for a party. The crooks all believe they have been invited to form an international family of thieves, headed by Charlotte and her father.

Key Collaborators

Ralph Ince Director Jules Cronjager Director of Photography J. Chauncey Brainerd Novel Edith Rathbone Brainerd Novel

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