So You Won't Squawk Explained

So You Won't Squawk
Director:	Del Lord
Starring:	Buster Keaton Matt McHugh Eddie Fetherston Bud Jamison Hank Mann Vernon Dent Edmund Cobb
Cinematography:	Benjamin Kline
Editing:	Arthur Seid
Producer:	Del Lord Hugh McCollum
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Country:	United States
Language:	English

So You Won't Squawk (1941) is the eighth short subject starring Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Handyman Eddie (Buster Keaton) is mistaken for gangster Louie the Wolf (Eddie Fetherston). Louie encourages this deception and lets rival gangster Slugger McGraw (Matt McHugh) 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.^[1]

Cast

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

Production

The chase scene is a reworking of Buster's final chase from his feature Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934).

See also

• Buster Keaton filmography

External links

• • So You Won't Squawk at the International Buster Keaton Society

Notes and References

1. Book: Kline, Jim L.. The Complete Films of Buster Keaton. 1993. Citadel Press . 0806513039. 180.