CONVICT 13.

The untalented golfer plays golf one morning with a group of friends. After a disastrous start he drives his ball into a nearby river but retrieves it after it is consumed by a fish. Meanwhile a convict escapes from a nearby prison and makes his way towards the golf course as the prison guards give chase. Reading the prisoner number on Buster's clothes he deduces that he is convict 13 who is scheduled to be hanged that very morning. Luckily Buster's girlfriend replaces the hangman's noose with a long elastic rope so that Buster bounces several times after the trapdoor is opened and he survives.

Credits

Directed by: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Written by: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely, Edward F. Cline, Joe Keaton
Produced by: Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematography: Elgin Lessley

Copyright

Complete catalog record

CONVICT 13. 1920. 2 reels. Credits: Written and directed by Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline. Metro Pictures Corp.; 4Oct20; LP15633.

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