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The Abductors
(1905) United States of America
B&W : 56 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 24 July 1905 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H63799]. Released July 1905. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / The film was shot at the Biograph studios in New York, New York, on 13 July 1905.

Drama: Crime.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Niver-Early p. 1.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 16mm reduction preservation negative, 16mm reduction preservation positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Fights - Rescues

Listing updated: 19 July 2008.

References: Fell-History p. 33; LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Niver-Early p. 1 : Website-AFI.