Movie: The Passionate Plumber

Top 10 Billed Cast

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton

Elmer E. Tuttle

Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante

Julius J. McCracken

Polly Moran
Polly Moran

Albine

Irene Purcell
Irene Purcell

Patricia Alden

Gilbert Roland
Gilbert Roland

Tony Lagorce

Mona Maris
Mona Maris

Nina Estrados

Maude Eburne
Maude Eburne

Aunt Charlotte

Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta

Bouncer

Paul Porcasi
Paul Porcasi

Paul Le Maire

Jean Del Val
Jean Del Val

Chauffeur

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    Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.

  • Release Date

    1932-02-06

  • Average

    6.091

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    The Passionate Plumber was the un-handiest handy-man in town!

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    EnglishFrançaisItaliano
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