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17/04/1924 Action, Comedy, Mystery 0h 45m
80
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Every inch of footage holds such a laugh!

Overview

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

  1. Buster Keaton

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Buster Keaton

    Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

  2. Kathryn McGuire

    The Girl

  3. Joe Keaton

    The Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen

  4. Erwin Connelly

    The Hired Man / The Butler

  5. Ward Crane

    The Local Sheik / The Villain

  6. Doris Deane

    Girl Who Loses Dollar Outside Cinema (uncredited)

  7. Christine Francis

    Candy Store Girl (uncredited)

  8. George Davis

    Conspirator (uncredited)

  9. Kewpie Morgan

    Conspirator (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
What a superbly intricate piece of comedic cinema this is. Keaton is a down-at-heel cinema projectionist who fancies himself as a budding "Sherlock Holmes". When a love-rival manages to frame him for pinching his (rather fickle) girlfriend's father's watch his life seems to have lost all purpose... Only when he returns to his cinema and runs that evening's movie does he doze off and dream his way into the film - this time as a brilliant detective calmly dealing with poison, explosives and dastardly cunning plots as he effortlessly solves the crime - some stolen pearls - and gets the girl! The ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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