To make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.To make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.To make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.
Edward Brophy
- Man Outside Beauty Parlor
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Hunter with Rifle at Duel
- (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
- Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
- Tony's Second
- (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
- Tony's Second
- (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
- Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
Florence Wix
- Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"MGM"'s first attempt to promote Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante as a comedy team. The other two pairings of Keaton and Durante are "Speak Easily (1932)" and "What-No Beer? (1933)."
- Quotes
Tony Lagorce: [meeting for a duel with Elmer] Anything! Swords. Pistols. I don't care. I'll kill him anyway.
McCracken: What's the difference? Swords, pi...
Elmer: Satisfy both sides. Let him have a sword and I'll use a pistol.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Le plombier amoureux (1932)
Featured review
Decent Keaton Flick
The Passionate Plumber (1932)
** (out of 4)
Decent MGM comedy has Buster Keaton playing a dim-witted plumber in Paris who gets involved with a woman (Irene Purcell) who wants him to pretend to be her lover so that she can drive her boyfriend (Gilbert Roland) crazy with jealousy. There's no question that Keaton will go down in history as a genius but it's also a fact that he sadly appeared in some really bad movies after his golden age in the silent era. His time with MGM makes most fans cry because of the quality of some of the sound pictures but this one here isn't quite as bad as others and I think it has some good laughs throughout. The story itself is rather weak as the only thing it has going for it is a set-up with Keaton constantly not understanding the situation he's in. The screenplay tries to aimed towards Keaton's abilities and this is why you see some more physical stunts including the actor falling down steps, tripping over himself and we even get a funny bit where he tries to show off a new gun that he's invented to someone he shouldn't be pulling it out on. The entire bit at a party where Keaton once again finds himself in trouble contains some of the biggest laughs and especially the stuff when people mistake him for an assassin. Another funny bit is something most will probably consider silly but it had me laughing from start to finish. There's a running gag with Keaton slapping people with a glove and no matter how many times they repeat it I couldn't help but laugh. Keaton gives a lot more energy here than in his previous few films with the studio and I think Purcell makes for a good co-star. Jimmy Durante smugs his way in each scene he's in but he gets a couple good jokes with most of them aimed at his nose. THE PASSIONATE PLUMBER certainly isn't going to make you forget THE GENERAL but it's a decent time killer.
** (out of 4)
Decent MGM comedy has Buster Keaton playing a dim-witted plumber in Paris who gets involved with a woman (Irene Purcell) who wants him to pretend to be her lover so that she can drive her boyfriend (Gilbert Roland) crazy with jealousy. There's no question that Keaton will go down in history as a genius but it's also a fact that he sadly appeared in some really bad movies after his golden age in the silent era. His time with MGM makes most fans cry because of the quality of some of the sound pictures but this one here isn't quite as bad as others and I think it has some good laughs throughout. The story itself is rather weak as the only thing it has going for it is a set-up with Keaton constantly not understanding the situation he's in. The screenplay tries to aimed towards Keaton's abilities and this is why you see some more physical stunts including the actor falling down steps, tripping over himself and we even get a funny bit where he tries to show off a new gun that he's invented to someone he shouldn't be pulling it out on. The entire bit at a party where Keaton once again finds himself in trouble contains some of the biggest laughs and especially the stuff when people mistake him for an assassin. Another funny bit is something most will probably consider silly but it had me laughing from start to finish. There's a running gag with Keaton slapping people with a glove and no matter how many times they repeat it I couldn't help but laugh. Keaton gives a lot more energy here than in his previous few films with the studio and I think Purcell makes for a good co-star. Jimmy Durante smugs his way in each scene he's in but he gets a couple good jokes with most of them aimed at his nose. THE PASSIONATE PLUMBER certainly isn't going to make you forget THE GENERAL but it's a decent time killer.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Mar 11, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
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- 1.20 : 1
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By what name was The Passionate Plumber (1932) officially released in Canada in English?
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