Slippery Jim (1909)

Name: Slippery Jim
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Released: 1909-11-01

Running Time

Plot.

Pickpock is behind bars. But more elusive than Arsène Lupin, no chain resists him and he plays with policemen like a cat with mice. After having masterfully taken them for a ride, having brought them down to an effigy, he rolls them up and throws them out the window. But the policemen come back to life and the chase goes on. Pickpock, caught a second time, locked up behind heavy bars, finds a new way of escaping and imprisoning in turn the policemen.

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Cast & Crew.

Segundo de Chomón

Director

Details.

Release Date
November 1, 1909

Original Name
Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves

Status
Released

Running Time
8m

Genres
Comedy Crime Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This Movie Is About.

silent film

trick film

Wiki.

Slippery Jim (French: Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves) is an 8 minute 1909 French silent trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathe-Freres. The film heavily utilizes stop-motion to aide in its visual comedy. It bares similarities to other films by Chomón, such as Diabolical Pickpocket (L'insaisissable pickpocket) produced in 1908 and The Invisible Thief (Le voleur invisible) also produced in 1909. The films share a thief capable of supernatural abilities while escaping the law.