So You Won't Squawk

So You Won't Squawk

Laughs! Howls! Buster At His Best

1941 · 16 min · ★ 6.9 · Comedy

Mobster Louie the Wolf sends an unsuspecting handyman (Keaton) to gather up the collection money owed him, hoping the sap will get rubbed out by Slugger McGraw, a rival gangster. Keaton, however, innocently escapes all the perils that whiz about him without his even knowing it, much to the consternation of McGraw's hoods. When he finally does wake up to Louie's plot, Keaton provokes various policemen to chase him and leads them back to the hoodlum's hideout.

Directed by Del Lord · Written by Elwood Ullman

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Buster Keaton Eddie
Matt McHugh Louie the Wolf's Henchman
Eddie Fetherston Louie the Wolf's Henchman
Bud Jamison Tom
Vernon Dent The bartender
Hank Mann A workman
Edmund Cobb A policeman

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