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The Policeman and the Baby

The Policeman and the Baby

Drama

22m

September 4, 1921 (104 years ago)

Overview

A crook returns home to find his mother dead and about to be buried in Potters Field. This prompts him to go out upon a "job" so that he may secure money to give his mother a funeral. In the meantime the policeman's wife has left their baby in a department store and the child was handed over to the cop at the closing hour. The policeman did not recognize his own baby, and while on the way to the station, he ran into the robbery. The crook, however, jumped into the policeman's taxi and found the baby on the seat. A chase takes place that ends in a smash-up. The crook saves the baby from the flames of the burning car, and only later does the policeman discover that it was his own child.

ActorAge thenAge now
William Desmond

William Desmond

The Policeman

Birthday: January 23, 1878

43 November 3, 1949 (71)
Elinor Fair

Elinor Fair

The Policeman's Wife

Birthday: December 21, 1903

17 April 26, 1957 (53)
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

The Crook

Birthday: March 31, 1885

36 April 15, 1949 (64)
Jack Neidlinger

Jack Neidlinger

The Policeman's Baby

Birthday: -

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