The Passionate Plumber (1932)

6.1/10 73 min Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

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)

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