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The Butcher's Nightmare

Feb 24, 1917 · 20m
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Comedy

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Ben, the butcher, is in love with a girl who does not reciprocate his affections. He falls asleep and has a dream in which he threatens to foreclose the mortgage on the home of the girl he loves. He also makes a regular crook of the girl's brother by having his safe robbed and the money placed in the brother's pocket. Ben is aroused from his dream by his partner, who is beating him over the head with a slab of meat.

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CAST

Ben Turpin
The Butcher
Margaret Templeton
The Widow
Edward J. Laurie
The Boy
Gypsy Abbott
The Girl
Arthur Moon
The Crook
Directed by Robin Williamson

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Production
Vogue Motion Picture Company
Country
US
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