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Single Handed

1923 · 50 min

A breezy silent romp of mistaken scrapes and circus chaos, easy to watch and cheerfully silly throughout.

Directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Hoot Gibson, Elinor Field, Percy Challenger
Overview
Hector MacKnight, known to the townspeople as "Goofy" and an irritatingly terrible fiddler, is innocently drawn into a rigged poker game. A general fight brings the sheriff, and a chase ensues. Before the confusion is ended and Hector cleared, he meets Ruth Randolph and becomes involved in a circus while trying to recover the other half of her treasure map.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Hoot Gibson, Elinor Field, Percy Challenger
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • friendship
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Written by
George C. Hull
Starring
Hoot Gibson, Elinor Field, Percy Challenger, William Steele, Philip Sleeman, Dick La Reno, Mack V. Wright, Tom McGuire
Runtime
50 min
Languages
No Language

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