The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
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.
- Released
- 1940-10-11
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Runtime
- 66 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Edward F. Cline, Elbert Franklin
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 from 13 votes
Cast
- Hugh Herbert as Frederick Healy
- Anita Louise as Mary Wilson
- Alan Mowbray as Silas Cribbs
- Buster Keaton as William Dalton
- Joyce Compton as Hazel Dalton
- Richard Cromwell as Edward Middleton
- Billy Gilbert as Master of Ceremonies
- Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Wilson
- Diane Fisher as Julia Middleton
- Charles Judels as Pie Vendor
- Jack Norton as Drunk
- Vernon Dent as Jim, a policeman
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