A child and her nurse are out walking. A band of desperate men and women knock the nurse down and abduct the child. Soon a ransom note is sent to the parents. They hire a detective to pay the kidnappers off and rescue their child, although it turns out to involve a desperate chase.
Watch the official The Detective 1906 trailer in HD below.
France 08 May 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
06 September 1906
Despite the lurid title, no one gets shot in this long actuality from Lubin. Instead, it's another panorama, as indicated in the movie's alternative title, of the devastation wrought on San Francisco by the Earthquake and subsequent fire.
21 December 1906
The activities of a recently opened amusement park in Havana, Cuba, similar to New York's Coney Island.
23 October 1906
The Anarchist's Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife.
19 September 1906
The documentary features the oldest footage ever taken of surfing, and it was shot in Hawaii by Robert Bonine.
29 March 1906
Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped.
18 May 1906
This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake.
17 March 1906
A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to ask for his hospitality.
22 May 1906
Three young women are smiling and playing in a lake, their nude bodies reflecting in the water, when a forest watcher appears from the wood, and chases them away.
01 January 1906
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the chimney's collapse, crowds swarm in to inspect the site; issues of the crowd's health and safety are clearly not a concern, as people smile, wave and salute the camera.
30 April 1906
Film showing the results of an earthquake in San Francisco on 18th April 1906 which caused great destruction.
08 October 1906
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
02 June 1906
Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.
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