The Kleptomaniac

The Kleptomaniac
Screenshot: The Kleptomaniac caught in a department store
Directed byEdwin S. Porter
StarringAline Boyd
Ann Eggleston
William S. Rising
CinematographyEdwin S. Porter
Production
company
Release date
  • February 1905 (1905-02)
Running time
10 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish intertitles

The Kleptomaniac, is a 1905 American silent drama film, directed by Edwin S. Porter partly filmed on location in New-York denouncing the discriminatory treatment of the poor by the justice system. It is one of the first American social drama and Courtroom drama.[1]

  1. ^ Review and link to watch the film: "A cinema history". Retrieved 13 March 2021.