Some Dudes Can Fight is 48.77 meter American silent film made in May 1898.[1] The film was produced and distributed by American Mutoscope Company, the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition.[2][3][4]

Some Dudes Can Fight
Produced byAmerican Mutoscope Company
Distributed byAmerican Mutoscope Company
Release date
  • May 1898 (1898-05) (U.S.)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Plot

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A ruffian from the Bowery sees a dandy young man approaching him and decides to taunt the well-dressed fellow. The young "dude" ignores the ruffian's insults for a time before losing his patience. He then punches the aggressor in the jaw with a right-handed swing and follows it up with a series of additional blows so that "in less time than it takes to tell (the thug from the Bowery) is on his back in the gutter begging for mercy."[5]

References

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  1. ^ IMDb
  2. ^ American Film Institute
  3. ^ Elias Savada (ed.). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Film Beginnings, 1893–1910 — A Work in Progress: v. A. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3021-3.
  4. ^ Lauritzen, Einar; Lundquist, Gunnar (1976). American Film-Index 1908–1915: Motion Pictures, July 1908–December 1915. distributed by Akademiebokhandeln, University of Stockholm. Stockholm: Film-Index. ISBN 91-7410-001-7.
  5. ^ Plot Summary
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