Stop Thief (1920)

When a mysterious Cockney woman called Sir Wilfrid saying she had information to help his clie[Expand All]

When a mysterious Cockney woman called Sir Wilfrid saying she had information to help his client, the film set up the surprise ending...And straight on till morning"; he narrated in his log as they cruised toward a nearby sun:"This is the final cruise of the StarshipEnterpriseunder my command.You"ve nothing on me." The dapper gigolo picks up a few of his things, leaves the room, and deliberately and audaciously walks toward and past the two men (in a brilliant Hitchcockian tracking point-of-view shot) to call their bluff.It is, however, only part-talkie (25%) with sound-synchronized, vocal musical numbers and accompaniment.Gruber called radio DJ Elvis Duran to broadcast to the entire city what the police were doing throughout the metropolitan area: "There"s a bomb in a school.[Collapse Section]