A Bandit

Name: A Bandit
Director: Mack Sennett
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1913
Duration: 5 min
Cast: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Nick Cogley, Ford Sterling, Beatrice Van, Arthur Tavares

1913 Comedy 5 minutes Directed by Mack Sennett

About A Bandit

Willy, a timid young man, is shoved around by the town bully and decides the bully is a coward. He dresses as a bandit and shoots up the street. The sheriff and the town run. The panic breaks when they see the gunman is Willy.

Cast & crew

Mack Sennett Director
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Nick Cogley
Ford Sterling
Beatrice Van
Arthur Tavares
Charles Avery
William Hauber
Bert Hunn
Rube Miller

More about A Bandit

Mack Sennett directed and produced this Keystone comedy. It was released on June 23, 1913. A circulating copy runs about five minutes.

Themes

A timid man in a bandit costume
A town that runs
The bully shown up
Keystone
bandit disguise
bully
sheriff
Arbuckle

Preservation

A print survives and is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

Roscoe Arbuckle, Nick Cogley, Ford Sterling, Al St. John, Arthur Tavares, and Beatrice Van are billed. Wikipedia credits Ford Sterling as the bandit.
A print survives.