The Bangville Police
- Mabel Normand: farmer's daughter
- Nick Cogley: Father
- Dot Farley: Mother
- Fred Mace: Police chief
- Raymond Hatton, Edgar Kennedy, Hank Mann, Ford Sterling, Al St. John: Keystone Cops
Bangville Police is an American silent film directed by Henry Lehrman from the year 1913.
Action
The farmer's daughter supplied the cow and tells her father how nice it would be to have a calf on the farm. A short time later she sees two strange men in the house and thinks it is criminal. They notified the police in the neighboring village and aroused by their call from the nap police chief is trying to reach the farm, together with the sheriff by car, but has problems with the car. Another group of police rushes with pitchforks and shovels armed to the farm.
The farmer's daughter barricaded meanwhile in her room. When her mother wants to enter the room, she screams in panic " Burglars! " From what makes you think her mother, it would be burglars in the house. She alerted her husband, armed with a gun gives access to the room and finds his frightened daughter hiding in the closet. The police arrived again believe that the Father is the criminal, but is made aware of the two strange men in the barn of the farmer's daughter. Together, they all go into the stable and found there a calf before, that includes the farmer's daughter now in her heart.
Production
Bangville Police is one of the first films in which the Keystone Cops occurred, and is considered groundbreaking in terms of more Keystone Cops movies. The comedy was shot in March 1913. She experienced on April 24, 1913 its world premiere and was shown as a split reel along with the Sennett film A Fishy Affair.