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2.7/5 Mubi Release date May 1895 (1895-05) Language Silent Cinematography Birt Acres | 5.6/10 Letterboxd 5.8/10 Movieo Initial release 1895 Producer Robert W. Paul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Birt AcresRobert W. Paul Similar The Derby, Rough Sea at Dover, Crude Set Drama, Performing Animals; or - Skippi, The Boxing Kangaroo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Arrest of a Pickpocket is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent crime film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul's peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring a policeman catching a pickpocket with the assistance of a passing sailor. The film was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme, originally shown in a portable booth at Hull Fair by Midlands photographer George Williams, donated to the National Fairground Archive was identified as being from this film.
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