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Plain Clothes (1925)

Plain Clothes poster
Directed by
Harry Edwards
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling man gets into a series of mishaps while pretending to be a police officer. His attempts to keep up the charade lead to chaotic situations.

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What happens

Plain Clothes is a 1925 American silent short comedy film starring Harry Langdon and directed by Harry Edwards and produced by Mack Sennett. It was Sennett's first film at least partly written by Frank Capra (with Arthur Ripley). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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