A Catastrophe in Hester Street (1904)

Name: A Catastrophe in Hester Street
Genre: Comedy, Action, Horror
Released: 1904-01-12
Duration: 2 min
Rating: 6.0

Comedy Action Horror

Overview

Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro powder, causing an explosion that wrecks the block and blows off the vendor’s arm. A policeman shows up to the carnage and tries to replace the vendor’s arm with a severed leg.

Duration

2 min

Rating

⭐ 6.0 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 12, 1904

Languages

No Language

Production

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company