Official Officers

{{short description|1925 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Official Officers

| image = OG Official Officers TC.jpg

| caption = Intertitle

| director = Robert F. McGowan

| writer = Hal Roach
H. M. Walker

| producer = Hal Roach

| starring = Joe Cobb
Jackie Condon
Mickey Daniels
Johnny Downs
Allen Hoskins
Mary Kornman
Elmo Billings
Jackie Hanes
Jannie Hoskins
Peggy Ahern
Gabe Saienz
Pal the Dog

| narrator =

| cinematography =

| editing =

| distributor = Pathé Exchange

| released = {{film date|1925|6|30}}

| runtime = 20 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent with English intertitles

}}

Official Officers is a 1925 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/O/OfficialOfficers1925.html |title=Silent Era: Official Officers |access-date=September 13, 2008|work=silentera}}{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226158/Official-Officers/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520153839/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226158/Official-Officers/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |title=New York Times: Official Officers |access-date=September 13, 2008| first=Mordaunt |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=Mordaunt Hall |date=2011 | last=Hall}} It was the 40th Our Gang short subject to be released.{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |page=55 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/54/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}

Cast

=The Gang=

=Additional cast=

  • Elmo Billings as Rival gang member
  • Jackie Hanes as Crying toddler
  • Jannie Hoskins as Kid arrested by Farina
  • Peggy Ahern as Girl arrested by Mary
  • Gabe Saienz as Rival gang member
  • James Finlayson as Angry motorist
  • Jack Gavin as 'Hard-Boiled' McManus
  • Dick Gilbert as Officer
  • Chet Brandenburg as Construction worker
  • George Rowe as Cross-eyed motorist
  • Charley Young as Tony, the fruit vendor

References

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