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The Butcher Boy

MOVIE • 1917

The Butcher Boy

A scream in two reels

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

TMDB ★ 3.0/5Votes: 74
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Comedy

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Roscoe Arbuckle

Roscoe Arbuckle

Fatty / Saccharine

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Buster

Al St. John

Al St. John

Alum

Josephine Stevens

Josephine Stevens

Almondine

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Arthur Earle

The Manager

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Joe Bordeaux

Accomplice

Charles Dudley

Charles Dudley

(uncredited)

Alice Lake

Alice Lake

Amanda (uncredited)

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Agnes Neilson

Miss Teachem (uncredited)

Luke the Dog

Luke the Dog

…

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Joseph Anthony Roach

Story

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Herbert Warren

Editor

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Joseph M. Schenck

Producer

Frank D. Williams

Frank D. Williams

Director of Photography

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Film

Status

Released

Release

April 23, 1917

Runtime

24 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

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Revenue

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