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  • Three Johns (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
Three Johns (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

John Brown and John Briggs, strangers to each other, both decide to go on a hunting trip to the same place. Looney John, a sometimes violent lunatic, is at large in the woods and a large reward is offered for his apprehension. Both Brown ...See moreJohn Brown and John Briggs, strangers to each other, both decide to go on a hunting trip to the same place. Looney John, a sometimes violent lunatic, is at large in the woods and a large reward is offered for his apprehension. Both Brown and Briggs discover evidence of Looney's presence, and having just met and exchanged cards as fellow hunters, each imagines that the other is the John the asylum people want. Both dispatch a note by an innocent-looking countryman, who is in reality none other than Looney himself, to the sheriff, claiming capture of the insane one. A laughable mix-up follows, during which the sheriff arrests both Briggs and Brown and brings them to his home. While holding the fuming men there until the asylum superintendent arrives, the sheriff's quiet, unassuming wife puts one over on them all when she discovers Looney making away with some of her choicest pies. At the point of a big butcher knife, she marches the frightened lunatic into the house just as the superintendent arrives. The discomforted sheriff sees the superintendent count over the reward money to his wife, while Looney is led away and the two other Johns have a good laugh over the incident. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
David Smith (as Dave Smith)
Writer
Edwin R. Coffin (story)
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Updated Mar 27, 1916

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Mar 27, 1916 (United States)

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6 cast members
Name Known for
George Kunkel
John Brown John Brown   See fewer
George Holt
John Briggs John Briggs   See fewer
Otto Benninger
Looney John Looney John   See fewer
George Stanley
The Sheriff The Sheriff   See fewer
Anne Schaefer
The Sheriff's Wife The Sheriff's Wife   See fewer
Jack Mower
Superintendent of the Asylum Superintendent of the Asylum   See fewer
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