This is a 20-minute short film from 95 years ago. It is silent of course and in black-and-white and it stars Buster Keaton who also wrote and directed this one together with his longtime aide Edward F. Cline. Keaton plays the lead character here and Cline actually also has a role. But it's a very early film with Keaton and one of his first works behind the camera too. Then again, he was only in his early 20s when this was made. Sybil Seely, who plays his love interest, was even younger. The villain is played by Joe Roberts, a fairly prolific actor usually typecast for enemy roles because of his threatening physique. And Keaton made this a family affair by casting his two younger siblings and his dad is also in here. After some golf action early on and a bad fashion choice, the protagonist ends up in jail. Unfortunately, it did not turn out so well. The humor wasn't too funny really on my opinion and consisted mostly of something like a big bald guy throwing people around. So there is some violence and also some gunfire, but it's all harmless and playful as always with the short films of Lloyd, Chaplin and Keaton. It's not horrible, but it's also not really good compared to some of Keaton's later works. Not recommended.
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