The Dare-Devil

Nov 25, 1923

0h 20m

★ 5.0

Overview

The movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The movie's leading man wants his stunt double to do the next dangerous stunt. Purely by accident, a hapless, cross-eyed aspiring actor named Joe Magee ends up doing the stunt perfectly. He ends up doing dangerous stunt after stunt, all by accident, that fit the movie so perfectly that the movie's leading lady wants him in the picture. The exasperated director finds that getting Joe to do the stunts on command is an entirely different story.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Mack Sennett Comedies

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Cast

Joe Magee

Ben Turpin

The Movie Director

Harry Gribbon

The Leading Man

John J. Richardson

The Leading Man's Chief Support

Kewpie Morgan

The Leading Lady

Madeline Hurlock

The Second Heroine

Irene

The Assistant Director

Gordon Lewis

The Assistant Cameraman

Art Rowlands

The Scenery Mover

Andy Clyde

Minor Role

Natalie Kingston

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