Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance

Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.

Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

as Fatty

Billie Bennett

as Fatty's Wife

Harry McCoy

as Pickpocket

Minta Durfee

as Pickpocket's Girlfriend

Frank Hayes

as Cop

Ollie Carlyle

as Girl with Purse

Billie Walsh

as Boyfriend of Girl with Purse

Glen Cavender

as Waiter

Ted Edwards

as Ice Cream Vendor

Grover Ligon

as Ice Cream Buyer

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