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  • The Twin Trunk Mystery (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Twin Trunk Mystery (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Their business of detecting having been nil, Luke Sharpe and his assistant, Jim, are entirely without funds and are about to be ejected from their lodgings when a telegram from a neighboring chief of police arrives calling them into case. ...See moreTheir business of detecting having been nil, Luke Sharpe and his assistant, Jim, are entirely without funds and are about to be ejected from their lodgings when a telegram from a neighboring chief of police arrives calling them into case. The message says that E.Z Marks, his wife and daughter are on a train bound for the famous Hot Springs and that in their wake follows Slim Pete and his wife, noted jewel thieves, who are intent upon purloining some precious stones which Marks carries in his trunk. Luke and Jim are instructed to capture the thieves. The telegram reassuring the landlady that her rent will be forthcoming Luke and Jim are again happy and start on their mission. They disguise themselves as baggage smashers and go to the depot to meet the train on which the diamond thieves and their prospective victims are scheduled to arrive. Luke and Jim place themselves prominently in evidence when Pete and the Marks arrive and obtain from them the checks for their baggage, promising to bring the trunks to the hotel. After a series of difficult maneuvers they get the trunks into the hallway of the hotel just outside of the owner's rooms, and an ambitious and tip-loving porter carries them inside. Unintentionally he mixes them since the trunks look exactly alike, so that the Marks get Slim Pete's trunk, and vice versa. Luke has suspected Marks of being Slim Pete and he takes the rich man to the baths to make certain of his suspicions. They prove unfounded, however, and Luke starts out to find another clue. He peeks through the key-hole of one of the doors and catches a man in the act of disguising himself with false whiskers. Of course he conjectures that the unknown man is Slim Pete, and he hurries to the hotel lobby to announce to the assembled guests that he is about to capture the notorious crook and his wife. Meanwhile the real Slim Pete and his wife have not been idle. They enter Marks' room, take the trunk they find laying there, have it placed in an automobile and while away with it till they reach the country. Upon stopping to open it, however, they discover they have been tricked for the trunk they have is their own. Luke and Jim, in the hotel lobby, are anxiously waiting behind big marble pillars for the bewhiskered man and his wife to leave their room. As they are seen to approach the assembled group holds its breath. Luke makes a flying leap, captures the man, and Jim gathers in the lady. The joy of capture is short-lived, for the man soon proves himself a detective and Luke and Jim are ejected from the place to the tune of rapidly striking boots. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated Mar 17, 1916
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Mar 17, 1916 (United States)

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7 cast members
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Billy Armstrong
Luke Sharpe Luke Sharpe   See fewer
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Tom Hayes
Jim - Luke's Assistant (as Tommy Hayes) Jim - Luke's Assistant (as Tommy Hayes)   See fewer
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J.A. Howe
Slim Pete Slim Pete   See fewer
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Madame D'Orcy
Slim Pete's Wife Slim Pete's Wife   See fewer
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Allen Williams
E.Z. Marks E.Z. Marks   See fewer
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Grace Gibson
E.Z. Marks' Wife E.Z. Marks' Wife   See fewer
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Mlle. Ottowa
E.Z. Marks' Daughter (as Mlle. Ottawa) E.Z. Marks' Daughter (as Mlle. Ottawa)   See fewer
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