Our hero is a police officer who gets involved in a crap game, flirting with a nurse and other amusements.
Acting
Lloyd's rubber-faced panic under the table is timeless physical comedy
Direction
Pratt and Gilbert pack three setpieces into five chaotic minutes

Director
Gilbert Pratt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of over 100 short films Lloyd made in 1917 alone, cranking out two-reelers weekly for Pathé.
The 'crap game' reference was already dated slang by 1917—Lloyd's comedy often leaned on slightly passé vaudeville bits for broader appeal.
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