The Bangville Police (also known as Bangville Police) is a 1913 American silent comedy short film starring Fred Mace, Mabel Normand and the Keystone Cops. The one-reel film, generally regarded as the seminal Keystone Cops short, was directed by Henry Lehrman.
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Plot
A farmer and his daughter are in the barn. She is saying she wishes the cow would have a calf. Left alone in the house she hears strangers in the barn and calls the police. She barricades herself in. Her parents return and have to break the door down. She thinks it is the robbers. Meanwhile, a smoky car brings the police. After misunderstandings are resolved they find a new-born calf in the barn.
Cast
Fred Mace as Sheriff of Bangville
Mabel Normand as Della, Farmer's Daughter
Nick Cogley as Her Farmer Father
Dot Farley as Her Mother
Charles Avery as First Deputy
Rube Miller as Deputy in Straw Hat
Edgar Kennedy as Deputy with Shovel
Jack E. Leonard as Deputy
Fred Happ as Deputy
Raymond Hatton as Farm Hand