Amateur detective Sambo Sam sets out to round up German spies, but his bungling leads him to the Coffin Club, a fraternal organization with a morbid sense of humor just itching to have some fun at the would-be sleuth's expense.
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Sam Jacks as Sambo Sam
Charles N. David Director
United States 15 April 1918
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