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Officer 666 (1916)

Officer 666 poster
Directed by
Fred Niblo
Genre
silent film
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man pretends to be a police officer and gets tangled up in comedic situations. It is a farce set in high society.

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What happens

Officer 666 is a 1916 silent film made in Australia, based on a successful Broadway comedy of 1912. The film was directed by Fred Niblo who would go on to direct The Mark of Zorro, The Three Musketeers, Blood and Sand and over forty more films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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