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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1916 · 25 mins
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- Directed by
- John Emerson, Christy Cabanne
- Starring
- Bessie Love, Tom Wilson, Douglas Fairbanks, Joe Murphy, George Hall, Allan Sears
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. plays the master‑of‑disguise super‑sleuth Coke Ennyday, a scientific detective whose day is divided into “Sleep”, “Eat”, “Dope” and “Drinks”. He relies on cocaine for energy and even injects opponents to disable them. Assisting the police, he hunts an opium shipment hidden in “leaping fishes”, and rescues a fish‑blower girl from blackmail.
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