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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)

This comedy is adapted from a short story by Mark Twain. An abusive carpetbagger marries a plantation owner's daughter to humiliate him. He is cruel to his wife, but she will not complain to her father. The beastly carpetbagger ties the stoic woman to a tree and sets the bloodhounds upon her. They tear off her clothes. This causes the girl's father to die of embarrassment. Meanwhile the girl bears a son. The son grows up and goes West in search of his wretched father. He desires to avenge his mother's honor. Someone else kills his father first. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Starring:: Jeff Siggins, Greta Thyssen, (more)

Director(s):: Adolfas Mekas

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Synopsis of The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

This comedy is adapted from a short story by Mark Twain. An abusive carpetbagger marries a plantation owner's daughter to humiliate him. He is cruel to his wife, but she will not complain to her father. The beastly carpetbagger ties the stoic woman to a tree and sets the bloodhounds upon her. They tear off her clothes. This causes the girl's father to die of embarrassment. Meanwhile the girl bears a son. The son grows up and goes West in search of his wretched father. He desires to avenge his mother's honor. Someone else kills his father first. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Complete Cast of The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

Greta Thyssen - La Belle
Jerome Raphel - Sherlock Holmes
Paul Benedict - Wells Fargo Ferguson
Severn Darden - H.S. Stevens
Ray Reinhardt - Judge Parker
Louis Waldon - Shadbelly Higgins

Director(s):: Adolfas Mekas

Writer(s):: Adolfas Mekas

Producer(s):: David Stone

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