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.
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
Diane Fisher
Julia Middleton
Charles Judels
Pie Vendor
Jack Norton
Drunk
Vernon Dent
Jim, a policeman
Eddie Acuff
Joe (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
Drunk (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Stevens - the Coach Driver (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Bartender (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Townsman Sam (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Town Constable (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti
Streetwalker (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Lamplighter (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Policeman (uncredited)
Walter Tetley
Telegram Boy (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
Edward F. Cline
Director
Elbert Franklin
Screenplay
Arthur Hilton
Editor
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Edward Montagne
Assistant Director
Harold B. Franklin
Producer
Morrie Friedman
Costume Design
Charles Althouse
Sound Recordist
Frank Tours
Music Director
Ethel La Blanche
Dialogue
Vaughn Paul
Production Manager
Lewis J. Rachmil
Art Direction
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