Details

Release year: 1924

Storyline

A pawn-shop employee who looks like a robot must substitute for it after it becomes damaged.

Top credits

Directors

Hampton Del Ruth

Writers

Cast

Arthur Stone — Wilmot McBeezle
Olive Borden — Slippery Sue
Katherine Grant — Miss Dodo - the Inventor's Daughter
Kewpie Morgan — Big Hearted Bill - the Landlord

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Did you know

• This short was screened at the Castro Theater in San Francisco for the 12th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, as part of a program entitled "Hal Roach: King of Comedy (1924-1929)" in 2007.

• Based on Inflation, the "Cheap $2.00" rifle in the Nick of Time Pawn Shop would cost about $32 in 2021. The $50,000 offer for the robot would be nearly $800,000.

• A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

User reviews

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Technical specs

Sound mix: Silent
Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1
Color: Black and White

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Olive Borden, Katherine Grant, and Arthur Stone in Just a Good Guy (1924)

Just a Good Guy