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A chipper young inventor seems to have a stroke of good luck when an eccentric millionaire gives him a yacht as a gift… but the “millionaire” is really an escapee from an asylum and the yacht is being used to smuggle illicit spirits by a gang of bootleggers. Can’t win ‘em all…
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Running time
1 h 10 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −30 min on the typical 100
typical 10070Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1928
August 5, 1928
98 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Directing · 1
- Charles Hines Director
Writing · 1
- Jack Townley Writer
Production · 1
- C.C. Burr Producer
Editing · 1
- George Amy Editor
Other crew · 1
- William M. Miller Cinematography
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