Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 6m

The Villain Still Pursued Her

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Director
Edward F. Cline
Cast
Hugh Herbert as Frederick Healy Anita Louise as Mary Wilson Alan Mowbray as Silas Cribbs Buster Keaton as William Dalton Joyce Compton as Hazel Dalton Richard Cromwell as Edward Middleton
Crew
Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography Arthur Hilton — Editor Elbert Franklin — Screenplay Harold B. Franklin — Producer Morrie Friedman — Costume Design
Tagline

Good to the Last Drop...of the Villain...the Girl...or Maybe the Scenery!

Synopsis

Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by driving her naïve husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is Buster Keaton as William Dalton, the drunkard's friend.

Mood & Themes
spoofdisinheritance
Key Collaborators
Edward F. Cline Director Lucien Ballard Director of Photography Arthur Hilton Editor Elbert Franklin Screenplay Harold B. Franklin Producer Morrie Friedman Costume Design
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