Three on a Limb

Three on a Limb

1936 · 18 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy

Scoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner. Complicating his romantic longings is her policeman fiancé. When he tries to eliminate Elmer by giving him traffic tickets for every conceivable violation, the girl takes pity on the martyred Elmer and they drive off together. She informs him that she is also fending off another suitor, Oscar; and to make matters worse, her father is backing the cop while her mother promotes Oscar. Eventually all three men wind up competing for her hand at a chaotic wedding ceremony that ends with Elmer winning his beloved.

Directed by Charles Lamont · Written by Vernon Smith

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Buster Keaton Elmer Brown
Lona Andre Molly
Harold Goodwin Homer the Cop
Grant Withers Oscar
Barbara Bedford Addie
John Ince Molly's father
Fern Emmett Molly's Mother
Phyllis Crane Molly's Friend the Car-Hop

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