The Villain Still Pursued Her
Good to the Last Drop...of the Villain...the Girl...or Maybe the Scenery!
1940 · 1h 6m · Approved
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
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The Villain Still Pursued Her
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Edward F. Cline Director
- 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
- Billy Gilbert as Master of Ceremonies
- Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Wilson
- Diane Fisher as Julia Middleton
- Charles Judels as Pie Vendor
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