So You Won't Squawk

So You Won't Squawk is a 1941 American short comedy film directed by Del Lord and starring Buster Keaton. It was written by Ellwood Ullman and was the eighth short subject Keaton made for Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Handyman Eddie is mistaken for gangster Louie the Wolf. Louie encourages this deception and lets rival gangster Slugger McGraw think Eddie is him. Slugger attempts to kill Eddie many times. After one final attempt a car chase ensues with Eddie throwing various items out the window to get the attention of the police.

Cast

Buster Keaton as Eddie
Eddie Fetherston as Louie the Wolf
Matt McHugh as Slugger McGraw
Bud Jamison as Tom
Vernon Dent as bartender
Hank Mann as workman
Edmund Cobb as policeman

Production

The chase scene is a reworking of Buster's final chase from his feature Le Roi des Champs-Élysées.

Reception

Boxoffice wrote: "Good. Buster Keaton gets taken lor a ride in this slapstick spree because gangsters mistake him for their dangerous rival. They toss him out of windows, over cliffs and under the gg pipe but he proves indestructiple. The only thing dead about him is his pan. There's one very funny sequence in which Buster is chased by the entire police force, and he also has a hilarious session with a nickel-nungry telephone operator."