The Butcher Boy (1917)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.296 |
Directed By
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Crew
Joseph Anthony Roach
Herbert Warren
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Joseph M. Schenck
Frank D. Williams
TOP CAST
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Fatty / Saccharine
Buster Keaton
Buster
Al St. John
Alum
Josephine Stevens
Almondine
Arthur Earle
The Manager
Joe Bordeaux
Accomplice
Charles Dudley
(uncredited)
Alice Lake
Amanda (uncredited)
Agnes Neilson
Miss Teachem (uncredited)
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