A Famous Escape Trailer

A Famous Escape Trailer (1908)

07 April 1908 Drama, Crime 3 mins

A gorilla escapes from its master on a ship, breaks into a young woman's home, and kills her. The woman's fiancé, Jim, who had visited earlier, is framed for the murder by the police. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes reads about the case, investigates, and uses his deductive reasoning (playing the violin, finding the gorilla). Holmes exposes the real killer (the gorilla and its master) and frees Jim just before he's convicted, revealing the true sequence of events in court.

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Cast

Harry Solter

as Sherlock Holmes

D.W. Griffith

as Prisoner

Crew

Billy Bitzer

Billy Bitzer Cinematography

International Releases Dates

United States 07 April 1908

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