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A browbeaten W.C. Fields gains the roaring courage of a lion thanks to a vaudeville hypnotist in RUNNING WILD (1927), a raucously funny silent comedy. Fields Stars as Elmer Finch, a meek accountant nagged by his wife, harassed by his children, and awed by his boss. After he accidentally throws a horseshoe through a window, the cops are on his tail, and a suitably ridiculous chain of events puts him under the thrall of hypnosis, where he believes himself to be a lion. With newly leonine strength he visits all those who shamed and bullied him, and tries to get a raise in the process. Written and directed by the legendarily witty Gregory La Cava (My May Godfrey), RUNNING WILD is a non-stop laugh riot.
Original Release
06/11/1927
US Release
06/11/1927
Cast
Name | Character |
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W.C. Fields | Elmer Finch |
Marie Shotwell | Mrs. Elmer Finch |
Mary Brian | Elizabeth Finch |
Claude Buchanan | Dave Harvey |
Frederick Burton | D.W. Harvey |
Barnett Raskin | Junior |
Frank Evans | Amos Barker |
Edward Roseman | Arvo - the Hypnotist |
J. Moy Bennett | Mr. Johnson |
Tom Madden | Truck Driver |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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W.C. Fields | Elmer Finch |
Marie Shotwell | Mrs. Elmer Finch |
Mary Brian | Elizabeth Finch |
Claude Buchanan | Dave Harvey |
Frederick Burton | D.W. Harvey |
Barnett Raskin | Junior |
Frank Evans | Amos Barker |
Edward Roseman | Arvo - the Hypnotist |
J. Moy Bennett | Mr. Johnson |
Tom Madden | Truck Driver |
John Merton | Police Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gregory La Cava | Producer |
Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |
William LeBaron | Producer |