The Bank Robbery is of note for featuring real-life lawmen and outlaws in its tale, but as all the action is shot from a distance and the Library of Congress version online is in such poor shape, it's impossible to identify anyone. The most famous of them is probably the outlaw Al Jennings, whose supposed exploits featured in Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951). The Bank Robbery is a poor film, even by the relatively primitive standards of 1908: jerky pan shots, long scenes in which nothing happens and a lack of narrative coherence makes its 25-minute running time something of a chore.
Review of The Bank Robbery
