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Billy, the Detective (1912)

Comedy · 20m

Anxious to be a detective Billy buys a “how to” book and thinks he’s stumbled on a case when he finds the diary belonging to Dora Burns. Seeing an entry about buying a revolver and a hatchet for killing Edward, Billy shadows Dora to her home. She discovers him and forcibly convinces him that he should skidoo. Billy runs to get the police, but when they arrive, finding blood spots on her apron Dora takes the police to the kitchen and shows them a bleeding rooster. Billy's career as a detective ends at once.

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Cast

Billy Quirk Billy - the Detective Fanny Simpson Mrs. Dora Burns Darwin Karr Mr. Burns Marian Swayne The Girl

Details

Release date
1912-04-19
Runtime
20m
Genres
Comedy
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Solax Film Company