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The Villain Still Pursued Her(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-10-11
51%
10 Votes
Time: 1h 6m
Good to the Last Drop...of the Villain...the Girl...or Maybe the Scenery!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Franklin-Blank Productions
Movie: The Villain Still Pursued Her
Top 10 Billed 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
Charles Judels
Pie Vendor
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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.
Release Date
1940-10-11
Average
5.1
Rating:
2.5 startsTagline
Good to the Last Drop...of the Villain...the Girl...or Maybe the Scenery!
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