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Buster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.Buster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.Buster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.
Buster Keaton
- The Bad Man
- (as "Buster" Keaton)
Edward F. Cline
- The Janitor
- (uncredited)
Marion Harlan
- The Wife
- (uncredited)
Bonnie Hill
- The Pretty Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Joe Roberts
- The Driver
- (uncredited)
Freeman Wood
- The Neighbor's Husband
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film was an implied insult to William S. Hart, who released public statements against Buster Keaton's friend Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle during his arrest and subsequent trial. Hart refused to talk to Keaton for many years after the film.
- GoofsKnife is pulled twice on The Bad Man in the fight at the end of the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Every Frame a Painting: Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag (2015)
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the only mean-spirited movie Keaton ever made
I read recently that this was supposed to be a satire of someone else's movies (I can't remember the actor's name that Keaton is satirizing), but even knowing that, it's a shocker. The one thing you can always count on in Keaton's movies is an underlying sweet-naturedness (unlike Chaplin, who expresses a lot of anger in his comedies). I wish he hadn't made it, because by now, the movies he's referring to are forgotten, and we don't get the point. All his other movies are about universal human experiences, and will always be understood by any audience, anywhere.
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- busterm
- Oct 30, 1998
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- Runtime17 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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