The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

1916 · 25 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 1,043 VOTES · DIR. John Emerson, Christy Cabanne

Overview

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.

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Dialogue Timeline — 61 lines

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00:00:00 The Mystery Of The Leaping Fish
00:00:27 Coke Ennyday.
00:02:58 Coke Ennyday took no chances on admitting a visitor without
00:03:53 Chief I. M. Keene Short Beach
00:04:05 without any viable means of support.
00:05:19 The gentleman rolling in wealth.
00:05:56 DISGUISES
00:06:21 The Leaping Fish.
00:06:50 At the bath house where the man of mystery made.
00:07:24 Inane, the little fish-blower of Short Beach.
00:08:54 Stuck in the mud.
00:09:31 Exhausted by the mental strain.
00:11:58 "Is this you?"
00:12:25 Even the fish worked against him.
00:13:45 "You must consent to marry Fishy Joe within the week."
00:14:26 "Japs on the leaping fish! Get the cans! At last a clue!"
00:15:13 "Where is young chap that was here?"
00:17:58 "Opium!"
00:18:45 Full of hop.
00:20:54 "Girl, you are in my power."
00:22:47 "That means fight in my country."
00:23:42 The duel in the dark.
00:25:22 But not the end of this story...
00:25:43 stick to acting."

Cast & Characters

Douglas Fairbanks Coke Ennyday Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Bessie Love The Little Fish Blower Allan Sears Gent Rolling in Wealth Tom Wilson Police Chief I.M. Keene Alma Rubens Wealthy Gent's Female Confederate George Hall Japanese Accomplice William Lowery Gang Leader Joe Murphy Footman on Vehicle Charles Stevens Japanese Accomplice B.F. Zeidman Scenario Editor

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed61
Dialogue density2.4 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:25:43

Production Record

DirectorJohn Emerson, Christy Cabanne
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,043