Peck's Bad Girl
1918 · 50 min · Comedy
Minnie Penelope Peck, the village scamp of Yaptank, accompanies her father to the bank to demand the nine dollars owed him for his work as a night watchman. When the bank president refuses to pay Peck, Minnie posts a sign which states that the bank is insolvent, whereupon all of the depositors immediately demand their money. The fire department is called in to quell the mob, but things get worse when Minnie accidentally turns on the fire hose.....
Directed by Charles Giblyn · Written by Tex Charwate
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Mabel Normand Minnie Penelope Peck -
Earle Foxe Dick - E Edward M. Favor Peck
- B Blanche Davenport Miss Olivia
- C Corinne Barker Hortense Martinot
- R Riley Hatch Adam Raskell
- F F.G. Patton Sheriff
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