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The Bank Robbery
(1908) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by William Matthew Tilghman

Cast: Al Jennings, William Matthew Tilghman

Oklahoma Natural Mutoscene Company production; distributed by Capital Film Company. / Cinematography by J.B. Kent. / © 28 December 1908 by Oklahoma Natural Mutoscene Company [H120453]. Released December 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in and around Cache, Oklahoma. The first of only three films made by this company; the others were The Wolf Hunt (1908) and A Round-Up in Oklahoma (1908). Jennings’ (a real-life reformed bank robber) film debut.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Jennings recreates his real-life robbery on a bank in Cache, Oklahoma. Posse gets their man in the end.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Ambushes - Animals: Dogs, Horses - Bank robbers - Banks - Carriages - Chases - Crowds - Death - Gunfights - Guns - Log cabins - Posses - Post offices - Robbery - Signage - Streams - USA: Oklahoma: Cache - Wagons - Water

Listing updated: 7 October 2012.

References: Film viewing : Niver-First pp. 134-135 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
 
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