Summary
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 52GoodWatch 51
IMDb5.9
Audience score45%
Box office
3.1×its budget
- Budget
- $980 K
- Worldwide
- $3 M
Worldwide it earned $2 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 55 min
Longer than most comedies, +15 min on the typical 100
typical 100115Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1929
October 12, 1929
97 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids.
and 12 more18 people
- Harold LloydHarold Bledsoe
- Barbara KentBillie Lee
- Noah YoungPatrick Clancy SFPD
- Charles MiddletonJohn Thorne / The Dragon
- Will WallingCaptain Walton, SFPD 3rd Div.
- Grady SuttonMan at Party (silent version) (scenes deleted)
- Brooks BenedictHandcuffed Prisoner at Police Station (uncredited)
- Eddy ChandlerCop (uncredited)
- RDRae DaggettWoman Sitting in Police Station (uncredited)
- DHDouglas HaigBuddy Lee (uncredited)
Edgar KennedySFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Tetsu KomaiFlorist Henchman (uncredited)
James B. LeongFlorist Henchman / High Priest (uncredited)
James Pier MasonBarry Steele / Dick the Dude (uncredited)
Nelson McDowell1st Train Passenger (uncredited)- JWJames WangDr. Chang Gow (uncredited)
Blue WashingtonThorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Leo WillisCop (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Malcolm St. Clair Director
- Clyde Bruckman Director, Story
- Gaylord Lloyd Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Harold Lloyd Writer, Producer
- Felix Adler Story
- Paul Gerard Smith Dialogue
Production · 2
- James H. Anderson Production Assistant
- John L. Murphy Production Manager
Camera · 2
- Walter Lundin Director of Photography
- Henry N. Kohler Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Carl Himm Editor
- Bernard W. Burton Editor
Sound · 3
- Lodge Cunningham Sound
- George D. Ellis Sound
- C. Bakaleinikoff Music Arranger
Art · 1
- Liell K. Vedder Art Direction
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