A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the evil badguy.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair (as Mal. St. Clair)
Writers: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair (as Mal. S…
A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the evil badguy.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair (as Mal. St. Clair)
Writers: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair (as Mal. St. Clair)
Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012224/
Public domain.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goat_(1921_film)
The Goat is a 1921 American short comedy film written, directed by, and starring comedian Buster Keaton.[1]
Plot
Buster Keaton is walking by and peers through a barred window while captured murderer "Dead Shot Dan" is having his picture taken. Seeing that the photographer is looking away, Dan moves his head to the side and snaps a picture of Buster without anybody noticing. Thus, when Dan escapes, the wanted posters all show Buster with his hands on the bars. Unaware, Buster moves on to a street corner, where he notices a horseshoe, and kicks it aside. The next man who comes along picks it up and throws it for good luck. Within seconds the man finds a wallet filled with money. After scrambling to find the horseshoe, Buster picks it up and throws over his shoulder. It strikes a policeman, who chases Buster, and soon other officers join the chase. Buster lures them into the back of a truck, locks them in, and escapes.
Afterwards, Buster sees a man arguing with a young woman. Buster defends the woman and throws the man to the ground. After walking away, Buster runs into the officers who had chased him earlier. He escapes by hopping onto a train going to a nearby town. Unfortunately for Buster, the town has heard of Dan's escape, and newspapers and wanted posters with Buster's picture are everywhere. The townspeople run from him in terror wherever he goes.
Buster is once again in the wrong place at the wrong time when the police chief on his patrol is ambushed by a gangster. The gunman's bullets miss the officer, but the smoking gun ends up..
