The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

1916

Mystery Comedy Crime

Synopsis

Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drinks". In fact, he overcomes every situation with drugs: consuming cocaine to increase his energy or injecting it in his opponents to incapacitate them. To help the police, he tracks down a contraband of opium (which he eagerly tastes) transported within "leaping fishes", saving a "fish-blower" girl from blackmail along the way.

Credits

Director

Christy Cabanne

John Emerson

Cast

Allan Sears as Gent Rolling in Wealth

Alma Rubens as Wealthy Gent's Female Confederate

B.F. Zeidman as Scenario Editor (uncredited)

Bessie Love as The Little Fish Blower

Charles Stevens as Japanese Accomplice (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks as Coke Ennyday / Douglas Fairbanks

George Hall as Japanese Accomplice (uncredited)