The Villain Foiled

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Directed by Henry Lehrman, Mack Sennett
Starring Edward Dillon
Blanche Sweet
Joseph Graybill
Kate Bruce
Release date
  • August 31, 1911 (1911-08-31)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Villain Foiled is a 1911 silent film short directed by Henry Lehrman and Mack Sennett and starring Edward Dillon and Blanche Sweet. [1] The film was a split reel along with the film The Baron .

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  1. Lehrman, Henry; Sennett, Mack (1911-08-31), The Villain Foiled (Short, Comedy), Edward Dillon, Blanche Sweet, Joseph Graybill, Biograph Company, retrieved 2024-05-24

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