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Officer 666
( dir. Fred Niblo
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Australia
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J. C. Williamson's Ltd
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1916
6334089
1916
single work
film/TV
crime
humour
One of three films based on the Broadway play by Augustin MacHugh, but the only one made in Australia: the 1914 and the 1920 films by the same name were made in the US.
Like Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, whose production preceded this film's, Officer 666 was made to take advantage of the presence in Australia of American actor-director Fred Niblo.
The film's plot followed a wealthy man who, catching wind of a plot to rob his house while he was holidaying, remains in the district disguised as a policeman.
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Officer 666 is included in AustLit because of an Australian-written adaptation.
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