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Released
1916 · FILM

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

Mr Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. AS THE MASTER OF DISGUISE AND SUPER SLEUTH WITH A CLANDESTINE CRAVING ""COKE"" ENNYDAY

Directed by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
25 min
MysteryComedyCrime

Synopsis

Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep," "Eat," "Dope," and "Drinks." He overcomes every situation with drugs, consuming cocaine to increase his energy or injecting it into his opponents to incapacitate them. To help the police, he tracks down a contraband of opium (which he eagerly tastes), transported within "leaping fishes," saving a "fish-blower" girl from blackmail along the way.

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Principal cast & crew: 14

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Shot by John W Leezer

Also known as

  • Das Geheimnis der Fliegenden Fischede

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