Desperate Poaching Affray (1903)

Directed by

William Haggar

Genre

drama film, silent film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3 min

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of poachers get into a violent confrontation with gamekeepers. The film follows the chase and struggle that results from this encounter.

fast-pacedtensechaoticgrittyrealisticaction-packedroughhistorical

What happens

Desperate Poaching Affray (known in the United States as The Poachers) is a 1903 British chase film by Wales-based film producer William Haggar. Three minutes long, the film is recognised as an early influence on narrative drama in American film, especially in the chase genre. The film used a number of innovative techniques including on-location shooting, panning shots, and unconventional use of screen edges. The film, along with Frank Mottershaw's film A Daring Daylight Burglary, is considered to have helped launch the chase subgenre and influenced Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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