The read
It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward SedgwickDirector
Cast
- Buster KeatonElmer E. Tuttle
- Jimmy DuranteJulius J. McCracken
- Polly MoranAlbine
- Irene PurcellPatricia Alden
- Gilbert RolandTony Lagorce
- Mona MarisNina Estrados
- Maude EburneAunt Charlotte
- Henry ArmettaBouncer
- Paul PorcasiPaul Le Maire
- Jean Del ValChauffeur
- August TollaireGeneral Bouschay
- Edward BrophyMan Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
plumberduel