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7.3/10   384 votes
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Writers:
Edward F. Cline (writer)
Buster Keaton (writer)
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Release Date:
14 March 1921 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy
Plot:
Out of work, Buster tries various ways to commit suicide. At last he tries "poison" from a bottle containing booze... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A Great Keaton short more (13 total)

Cast

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Buster Keaton ... Suicidal Boy
Virginia Fox ... Virginia
Joe Roberts ... Lizard Lip Luke
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:22 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Filming Locations:
MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Joseph M. Schenck Productions more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Buster steps off a curb by a narrow street with no streetcar tracks, into a wide street with an approaching streetcar. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987) (TV) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
A Great Keaton short, 11 June 2005
9/10
Author: penguinpolish from United States

Hard Luck is one of Buster Keaton's best shorts. It is also one of the most surreal. It has no real plot, just Keaton wandering around and getting into all sorts of trouble. The jokes are often bizarre, such as the one when he is riding his horse down a river, walks across a tiny bridge and expects to sit down on his horse again, only to find a wildly kicking bull that immediately throws him off. Watching this helps one understand why the French surrealists regarded him as one of their favorite film-makers. This is one of his films where stuff just happens, similar to The Balloonatic. Unfortunately, it is not complete, and the last frames are missing. Even so, this contains enough laughs to surprise even the most jaded cinema viewer. Hard Luck is Keaton at his surreal best.

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