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The Biggest Fish He Ever Caught
(1897) United States of America
B&W : 135 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Cinematography by [?] F.S. Armitage? / © 9 December 1902 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H24877]. Released June 1897. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / The film was also available in the USA at 25 feet.

[?] Documentary?

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This picture will appeal to every fisherman. A gentleman has hooked a magnificent trout and has played it up to the side of his boat, when it is lost by the clumsiness of his guide. In his efforts to recapture the fish the angler falls overboard.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 April 2012.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 226, 598 : Website-AFI.