6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966
“Every inch of footage holds such a laugh!”
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
April 17, 192445mEN
8.0
1.2K votes
Overview
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Director
Buster KeatonWhere to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Free
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Status
Released
Original Language
No Language
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N/A
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Production Companies
Metro Pictures Corporation
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CinemaSerf
7.0What a superbly intricate piece of comedic cinema this is. Keaton is a down-at-heel cinema projectionist who fancies himself as a budding "Sherlock Holmes". When a love-rival manages to frame him for pinching his (rather fickle) girlfriend's father's watch his life seems to have lost all purpose... Only when he returns to his cinema and runs that evening's movie does he doze off and dream his way into the film - this time as a brilliant detective calmly dealing with poison, explosives and dastardly cunning plots as he effortlessly solves the crime - some stolen pearls - and gets the girl! The…
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