

Two sets of crooks try to rob each other. Nobody's smart. Everyone loses. Comedy gold.
Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.
Direction
Allan Dwan keeps 1919 pacing shockingly modern.
Acting
Silent-era mugging at its most committed.

Director
Allan Dwan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clara Kimball Young was one of 1919's highest-paid actresses and owned her own production company—rare power for the era.
This 'crooks robbing crooks' structure directly influenced 1930s screwball comedies and later heist films like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.