Seven Chances

Mar 15, 1925

0h 56m

★ 7.5

Seven laughs a minute!

Overview

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Buster Keaton Productions

Seven Chances Trailers

Cast

James 'Jimmie' Shannon

Buster Keaton

Billy Meekin

T. Roy Barnes

Lawyer

Snitz Edwards

Mary Jones

Ruth Dwyer

Mrs. Jones

Frances Raymond

The Clergyman

Erwin Connelly

The Hired Hand

Jules Cowles

Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)

Jean Arthur

Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

Rosalind Byrne

Girl in Car (uncredited)

Constance Talmadge

Mother of Underage Girl (uncredited)

Lori Bara

5th Chance: Country Club Girl (uncredited)

Bartine Burkett

Nat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.

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