The Passionate Plumber (1932)

1932 · Feature film · 73 min · dir. Claude Autant-Lara

The Passionate Plumber was the un-handiest handy-man in town!

• screwball comedy film

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Synopsis

Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.

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Details

Director

Claude Autant-Lara

Cinematography

Norbert Brodine

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Released

1932-02-06

Running time

73 minutes

Cast & crew

• Claude Autant-Lara Director
• Jean Del Val
• Rolfe Sedan
• Paul Porcasi
• Maude Eburne
• Mona Maris
• Jimmy Durante
• Polly Moran
• Edward Brophy

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