In the Clutches of the Gang

{{short description|1914 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = In the Clutches of the Gang

| image = KeystoneKops.jpg

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| director = George Nichols
Mack Sennett

| producer = Mack Sennett

| writer =

| starring = Roscoe Arbuckle

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| released = {{film date|1914|1|17}}

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| country = United States

| language = Silent
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In the Clutches of the Gang (also known as In the Clutches of a Gang) is a 1914 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe Arbuckle and the Keystone Cops.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/InTheClutchesOfTheGang1914.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: In the Clutches of the Gang |accessdate=2008-02-28|work=Silent Era}} The majority of the film is believed to be lost. However, a fragment of the film exists and is held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{cite book |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=Lon |editor2-last=Davis |editor2-first=Debra |title=Chase! A Tribute to the Keystone Cops |date=March 19, 2020 |publisher=BearManor Media |page=254 |isbn=978-1629335438}} This film is considered to be a "high point" for the Keystone Cops, as the entire movie focuses on the slapstick police force.{{cite book |last1=Lahue |first1=Kalton C. |title=Mack Sennett's Keystone: The Man, the Myth and the Comedies |date=1971 |publisher=A.S. Barnes and Co. |page=195 |isbn=978-0-498-07461-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/macksennettskeys0000lahu/page/194/mode/2up |access-date=22 February 2024}}