So You Won't Squawk
So You Won't Squawk | |
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Directed by | Del Lord |
Written by | Elwood Ullman |
Produced by | Del Lord Hugh McCollum |
Starring | Buster Keaton Matt McHugh Bud Jamison Hank Mann Vernon Dent Edmund Cobb |
Cinematography | Benjamin Kline |
Edited by | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
So You Won't Squawk (1941) is the eighth short subject starring Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures.
Plot[]
Handyman Eddie (Buster Keaton) is mistaken for gangster Louie the Wolf (). Louie encourages this deception and lets rival gangster Slugger McGraw (Matt McHugh) think Eddie is him. Slugger attempts to kill Eddie many times. After one final attempt a car chase ensues with Eddie throwing various items out the window to get the attention of the police.[1]
Cast[]
- Buster Keaton as Eddie
- as Louie the Wolf
- Matt McHugh as Slugger McGraw
- Bud Jamison as Tom
- Vernon Dent as the bartender
- Hank Mann as a workman
- Edmund Cobb as a policeman
Production[]
The chase scene is a reworking of Buster's final chase from his feature Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934).
See also[]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Kline, Jim L. (1993). The Complete Films of Buster Keaton. Citadel Press. p. 180. ISBN 0806513039.
Categories:
- 1941 films
- English-language films
- 1941 comedy films
- Columbia Pictures short films
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- Films directed by Del Lord
- American comedy films
- Comedy short films
- Short comedy film stubs