The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Release: 1940-10-11
·Runtime: 66m
·★ 4.8
Comedy
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Franklin-Blank Productions
Cast
Jack Norton
as Drunk
Vernon Dent
as Jim, a policeman
Eddie Dunn
as Stevens - the Coach Driver (uncredited)
Victor Potel
as Policeman (uncredited)
Walter Tetley
as Telegram Boy (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
as Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Cromwell
as Edward Middleton
Charles Judels
as Pie Vendor
Edward Gargan
as Bartender (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti
as Streetwalker (uncredited)
Buster Keaton
as William Dalton
Joyce Compton
as Hazel Dalton
Bobby Barber
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
as Town Constable (uncredited)
Hugh Herbert
as Frederick Healy
Anita Louise
as Mary Wilson
Alan Mowbray
as Silas Cribbs
Margaret Hamilton
as Mrs. Wilson
Eddie Acuff
as Joe (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
as Townsman Sam (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
as Lamplighter (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
as Master of Ceremonies
