The Passionate Plumber (1932)
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.
Director: Edward Sedgwick
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Buster Keaton as Elmer E. Tuttle |
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Jimmy Durante as Julius J. McCracken |
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Polly Moran as Albine |
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Irene Purcell as Patricia Alden |
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Gilbert Roland as Tony Lagorce |
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Mona Maris as Nina Estrados |
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Maude Eburne as Aunt Charlotte |
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Henry Armetta as Bouncer |
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Paul Porcasi as Paul Le Maire |
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Jean Del Val as Chauffeur |
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August Tollaire as General Bouschay |
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Edward Brophy as Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited) |
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Heinie Conklin as Hunter with Rifle at Duel (uncredited) |
| Directing | Edward Sedgwick | Director |
| Writing | Jacques Deval | Theatre Play |
| Editing | William S. Gray | Editor |
| Production | Harry Rapf | Producer |
| Camera | Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Laurence E. Johnson | Adaptation |
| Writing | Ralph Spence | Dialogue |
| Writing | Frederick Lonsdale | Theatre Play |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |