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Arrest of Goudie (1901)

Crimewatch Mitchell and Kenyon style, in the first ever film to recreate a true crime.

Crime 1901 6 mins Silent

Overview

This film recreates the arrest of Thomas Goudie, a bank employee who embezzled £170,000 to pay gambling debts, using the real locations. It shows the exterior of the house where he was hiding during a nationwide manhunt and re-enacts scenes of the landlady informing on him and his arrest. The film has no explanatory titles, so presumably audiences would have known, or were told, the story.