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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 62 1920s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 56m.
Synopsis
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
342 audience votes
Key crew
- Buster KeatonDirector
- Clyde BruckmanScreenplay
- Joseph A. MitchellScreenplay
- Jean C. HavezScreenplay
Cast
- Buster KeatonJames 'Jimmie' Shannon
- T. Roy BarnesBilly Meekin, His Partner
- Snitz EdwardsHis Lawyer
- Ruth DwyerMary Jones, His Girl
- Frances RaymondMrs. Jones, Her Mother
- Erwin ConnellyThe Clergyman
- Jules CowlesThe Hired Hand
- Eugenia GilbertFirst Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Club
- Doris DeaneSecond Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Golf Course
- Judy KingThird Chance: Girl Who Shreds 'Will You Marry Me' Note
- Hazel DeaneFourth Chance: Girl Who Refuses on a False Assumption
- Bartine BurkettFifth Chance: Girl Proposed to Going Up the Staircase
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Themes
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