The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 · 66 min
Comedy · Romance
★ 5.2Victorian 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.
Crew
- Director Edward F. Cline
- Screenplay Elbert Franklin
- Director of Photography Lucien Ballard
Cast
Hugh Herbert
Frederick Healy
Anita Louise
Mary Wilson
Alan Mowbray
Silas Cribbs
Buster Keaton
William Dalton
Joyce Compton
Hazel Dalton
Richard Cromwell
Edward Middleton
Billy Gilbert
Master of Ceremonies
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Wilson
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Diane Fisher
Julia Middleton
Charles Judels
Pie Vendor
Jack Norton
Drunk
Vernon Dent
Jim, a policeman
Crew
- Director — Edward F. Cline
- Screenplay — Elbert Franklin
- Director of Photography — Lucien Ballard
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