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So You Won't Squawk

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Directed by
  
Del Lord

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Del Lord

Cinematography
  
Benjamin H. Kline

Produced by
  
Del Lord, Hugh McCollum

Edited by
  
Arthur Seid

Language
  
English

Written by
  
Elwood Ullman

Distributed by
  
Columbia Pictures

Starring
  
Buster Keaton Matt McHugh Eddie Fetherston Bud Jamison Hank Mann Vernon Dent Edmund Cobb

Release date
  
February 21, 1941 (1941-02-21)

Cast
  
Buster Keaton, Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison, Hank Mann, Edmund Cobb

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So You Won't Squawk (1941) is the eighth short subject starring Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures.

Contents

Plot

Handyman Eddie (Buster Keaton) is mistaken for gangster Louie the Wolf (Eddie Fetherston). Louie encourages this deception and lets rival gangster Slugger McGraw (Matt McHugh) think Eddie is him. Slugger attempts to kill Eddie many times. After one final attempt a car chase ensues with Eddie throwing various items out the window to get the attention of the police.

Production

The chase scene is a reworking of Buster's final chase from his feature Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934).

Cast

  • Buster Keaton as Eddie
  • Eddie Fetherston as Louie the Wolf
  • Matt McHugh as Slugger McGraw
  • Bud Jamison as Tom
  • Vernon Dent as the bartender
  • Hank Mann as a workman
  • Edmund Cobb as a policeman

    • References

    So You Won't Squawk Wikipedia
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