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Status
Released
Release
1932
Runtime
1h 13m
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"The Passionate Plumber was the un-handiest handy-man in town!"
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.
13 Cast Members
Buster Keaton
Elmer E. Tuttle
Jimmy Durante
Julius J. McCracken
Polly Moran
Albine
Irene Purcell
Patricia Alden
Gilbert Roland
Tony Lagorce
Mona Maris
Nina Estrados
Maude Eburne
Aunt Charlotte
Henry Armetta
Bouncer
Paul Porcasi
Paul Le Maire
Jean Del Val
Chauffeur
August Tollaire
General Bouschay
Edward Brophy
Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Hunter with Rifle at Duel (uncredited)
