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The Villain Still Pursued Her

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Hugh Herbert

    Hugh Herbert

    Frederick Healy

  • Anita Louise

    Anita Louise

    Mary Wilson

  • Alan Mowbray

    Alan Mowbray

    Silas Cribbs

  • Buster Keaton

    Buster Keaton

    William Dalton

  • Joyce Compton

    Joyce Compton

    Hazel Dalton

  • Richard Cromwell

    Richard Cromwell

    Edward Middleton

  • Billy Gilbert

    Billy Gilbert

    Master of Ceremonies

  • Margaret Hamilton

    Margaret Hamilton

    Mrs. Wilson

  • Diane Fisher

    Diane Fisher

    Julia Middleton

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.

Rating

5.2 / 10
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A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow Hollywood star Don. Right before the engagement party at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, devises a plan - but an inebriated Don's arrival at Marshwood to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.

Relative Values

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