Seven Chances
A struggling stockbroker must find a wife in just 24 hours to inherit $7 million, leading to a wild series of misadventures and near-marriages in this hilarious Buster Keaton silent comedy.
“Seven laughs a minute!”
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Jimmie Shannon, a struggling stockbroker, discovers that he will inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative if he is married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday, which happens to be the same day.
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Shot by Byron Houck
Also known as
- Buster Keaton, der Mann mit den 1000 Bräutende
- Buster Keaton: Sieben Chancende
- Der Mann mit den 1000 Bräutende
- Sieben Chancende
- Les Fiancées en foliefr
- Le sette probabilitàit
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Buster Keaton
as James Shannon
Ruth Dwyer
as His Girl
T Roy Barnes
as His Partner
Snitz Edwards
as His Lawyer
Frances Raymond
as Her Mother
Erwin Connelly
as The Clergyman
Jules Cowles
as The Hired Hand
Eugenia Gilbert
as First Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Club
Doris Deane
as Second Chance: Girl Who Laughs at Jimmie at the Golf Course
Judy King
as Third Chance: Girl Who Shreds 'Will You Marry Me' Note
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4Other crew
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