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What - No Beer? is a 1933 Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. The studio had also paired Keaton and Durante as a comedy team during this period in The Passionate Plumber and Speak Easily.
Mild-mannered Elmer (Keaton), a taxidermist, and gregarious Jimmy (Durante), a barber, are duped by a confidence woman (Phyllis Barry) and an underworld boss (John Miljan). Elmer and Jimmy reactivate an abandoned brewery in anticipation of the repeal of Prohibition. Their success prompts the crooks to get tough, but Elmer foils them with a truckload of beer barrels.
Original Release
02/10/1933
US Release
02/10/1933
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Buster Keaton | Elmer J. Butts |
| Jimmy Durante | Jimmy Potts |
| Roscoe Ates | Schultz |
| Phyllis Barry | Hortense |
| John Miljan | Butch Lorado |
| Henry Armetta | Tony |
| Edward Brophy | Spike Moran |
| Charles Dunbar | Mulligan |
| Charles Giblyn | Chief |
| Sidney Bracey | Dr. Smith |
Directors
Writers
Robert E. Hopkins, Carey Wilson, Jack Cluett
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Buster Keaton | Elmer J. Butts |
| Jimmy Durante | Jimmy Potts |
| Roscoe Ates | Schultz |
| Phyllis Barry | Hortense |
| John Miljan | Butch Lorado |
| Henry Armetta | Tony |
| Edward Brophy | Spike Moran |
| Charles Dunbar | Mulligan |
| Charles Giblyn | Chief |
| Sidney Bracey | Dr. Smith |
| Eddy Chandler | Cop |
| James Donlan | Al |
| Billy Engle | Beer Drinker |
| Sherry Hall | Moran's Henchman |
| Pat Harmon | Moran's Henchman |
| George Irving | Politician |
| Al Jackson | Stool Pigeon |
| Wilbur Mack | Mr. Jordan--Banker |
| Broderick O'Farrell | Police Chemist |
| Lee Phelps | Passerby |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Lawrence Weingarten | Producer |
