What! No Beer?

Movie · Comedy

Pratfalls and physical comedy abound as legendary funnymen Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante team up in the hilarious story of a barber who tries to get into the liquor business after Prohibition ends. Needing money to woo his secret unrequited love, Elmer Butts (Keaton) takes his friend Jimmy Potts's (Durante) advice to open a brewery just before alcohol becomes legal again. Although the police stage a raid, the partners' inept brewing skills have resulted in a beer with no alcohol in it, so they go free. But they soon get embroiled in a war between two competing bootleggers--one of whom is dating Elmer's dream girl.

1933 · 1h 10m
Starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Roscoe Ates
Director Edward Sedgwick

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Cast & Crew

  • Buster Keaton
    Elmer J. Butts
  • Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
  • Roscoe Ates
    Schultz
  • Phyllis Barry
    Hortense
  • John Miljan
    Butch Lorado
  • E‌B
    Edward Brophy
    Spike Moran
  • H‌A
    Henry Armetta
    Tony
  • C‌D
    Charles Dunbar
    Mulligan
  • E‌S
    Edward Sedgwick
    Director
  • Lawrence Weingarten
    Producer
  • C‌W
    Carey Wilson
    Writer

About

What! No Beer?

Comedy

Pratfalls and physical comedy abound as legendary funnymen Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante team up in the hilarious story of a barber who tries to get into the liquor business after Prohibition ends. Needing money to woo his secret unrequited love, Elmer Butts (Keaton) takes his friend Jimmy Potts's (Durante) advice to open a brewery just before alcohol becomes legal again. Although the police stage a raid, the partners' inept brewing skills have resulted in a beer with no alcohol in it, so they go free. But they soon get embroiled in a war between two competing bootleggers--one of whom is dating Elmer's dream girl.

Information

Studio
MGM
Released
1933
Run Time
1 hr 10 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
United States
© 1933 Turner Entertainment Co.

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