Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.
Stunts
Keaton doing his own insane horse-cart gymnastics, no safety nets.
Direction
Precision comic timing in a 300-person chase sequence.
Practical Effects
Every smashed carriage and flying cop is real 1922 destruction.
Director
Edward F. Cline
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Keaton broke his ankle during filming but finished the day anyway. They just shot around his limp.
This was Keaton's personal favorite of his shorts, and he personally financed its preservation when studios wanted to destroy silent prints.
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