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7.3/10   564 votes
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Writers:
Edward F. Cline (writer)
Buster Keaton (writer)
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Release Date:
27 October 1920 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy more
Plot:
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Black gallows humor the subject for an odd Keaton short more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Buster Keaton ... Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
Sybil Seely ... Socialite, Warden's Daughter
Joe Roberts ... The Crazed Prisoner
Edward F. Cline ... Hangman
Joe Keaton ... Prisoner
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Louise Keaton
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Additional Details

Runtime:
20 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
UK:PG | Argentina:Atp | Spain:T

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[first title card]
Title card: Golf - the game that brings out the beast in men.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987) (TV) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Black gallows humor the subject for an odd Keaton short, 20 April 2005
5/10
Author: (aandersen@landmark.edu) from Putney, VT

Although this is not one of Keaton's best shorts, it does have a few very funny moments. The exchange of exercise stretchers for the hanging rope and the resultant "bounce," the run-in with the berserk prisoner. The one gag that runs throughout is that clothes make the man. Once his street garb is changed for a prisoner's stripes, the girlfriend and her father immediately assume the Buster they knew is now a criminal. Buster later exchanges the prison garb for that of a warden - at just the wrong moment. Kino's video print is quite poor and fuzzy- odd for a Metro film. The music is supplied by a player piano with music effects and sound effects (whistles, doors slamming). There are dropouts. Not his best but an amusing twenty minutes.

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