Figure 1.-- "The Boy Who Caught a Crook" is a formula child film staring Roger Mobley as a stardard cute child actor, of course paired with a faithful pooch. The kid who is a news boy and his friend the Colonel find a briefcase. After considerable tribultion they ear a $1,000 reward. Here they look over the check. The boy is Roger Mobley.

"The Boy Who Caught a Crook" is a formula child film staring Roger Mobley as a stardard cute child actor, of course paired with a faithful pooch. The kid who is a news boy and his friend the Colonel find a briefcase. The Colonel tells him it is empty. The disappointed kid brings the briefcase home. He learns on the radio that a bank robber made off with a briefcase brimming with $100,000 in loot. His mother makes him take it to the police. And of course the crook who lost it, wants the loot back. Rocky Kent, the crook, tracks the kid down and demans the money. He makes the kid take him to he Colonel. The Colonel fearing the crook pretends that he has the money to protect the kid. He offers to take Kent to the where the loot is hidden. The boy is released and when he gets home he finds out that a drunken tramp removed the money before he andthe Colonel found the brirfcase. He understands that the Colonel lied to protect him and is in danger. This sets up the necessaey happy ending. The kid the police to the crook and thus saves his friend the Colonel. They receive a $1,000 reward.

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