Buster Keaton & Eddie Cline: Convict 13 (1920)

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Convict 13 is a comedy film from 1920 written and directed by Edward F. Cline (who plays a little role in the film) and Buster Keaton:

it was released in 1920. Buster is playing golf when his ball hits him and he passes out. A man who has just escaped from prison finds him unconscious. The fugitive swaps his clothes with the golfer who will have to escape from the cops...

Chapters:
0:00 - Titles
0:23 - Buster- a gentlemanly golfer.
3:04 - The inmate of a nearby prison
8:52 - "Don't worry, it'll work just fine."
12:15 - The leader of the revolt.
14:15 - "Nice day we're having, eh?"

#BusterKeaton

Buster Keaton (born as Joseph Frank Keaton in 1895, Piqua, Kansas – died in 1966, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.A.) is an American actor and film director. The son of wandering vaudeville actors, Keaton was forced to tread upon stage already at the early age of 3. In his late 20s, he went to New York and began working as the sidekick of the comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, to continue from then on his solo career.
His ever-serious deadpan expression will earn him the nickname “The Great Stone Face”. His comedy, bordering on the surreal, and in fact, he was much loved by the surrealists, constantly plays on the contrasts of true/false, dream/reality, and in a world that is in constant change. Often towards catastrophe, his expression is the only firm point that reveals the contradictions and the most absurd aspects; moreover, in many of his creations, Keaton stages the methods and the cinema itself:

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