The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
Comedy · Romance
Overview
Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by driving her naïve husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is Buster Keaton as William Dalton, the drunkard's friend.
Cast
- Hugh Herbert as Frederick Healy
- Anita Louise as Mary Wilson
- Alan Mowbray as Silas Cribbs
- Buster Keaton as William Dalton
- Joyce Compton as Hazel Dalton
- Richard Cromwell as Edward Middleton
- Billy Gilbert as Master of Ceremonies
- Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Wilson
- Diane Fisher as Julia Middleton
- Charles Judels as Pie Vendor