Comedy · United States of America · 1909 · 4m

Trying to Get Arrested

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Director

Cast

John R. Cumpson as The Tramp Anita Hendrie as The Assaulted Woman Florence Lawrence as The Nanny Owen Moore as The Passerby / In Fight Marion Leonard as Extra

Synopsis

A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.

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