Wimpy sailor boy Billy Epsom has just arrived from New Guinea with a guinea pig in a box for his sweetheart. But today's newspaper headline reads, "Guinea Pig With Deadly Germs Roaming Our Streets". Billy causes havoc at the Yellow Cab stand when a cabbie catches sight of his cute little "piggy". Billy sets out to see his girl at her father's mansion. On the streetcar, he takes the guinea pig out of its box. Soon passengers and driver are diving off, and the runaway car is gaining on a dynamite truck!
Stunts
Real streetcar chaos and practical danger — 1927 had no CGI safety net.
Direction
Watson squeezes three acts of panic into 13 tight minutes.
Director
William Watson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood loved innocent causes for catastrophic effects — this 13-minute short is essentially a feature comedy compressed into a panic attack.
Billy Dooley was a Hal Roach regular known for 'dumb' characters; this survives as one of his few solo starring vehicles.
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