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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.

Genres

Crime and Drama-documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Berry St, Liverpool

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

1900-1909 Terraced houses Pedestrians Posters Police officers Criminal proceedings Arrests Criminal investigations Crime Detective Fiction Counterfeiting Fraud Money laundering Crime prevention

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