Jimmie Shannon is the junior partner in the brokerage firm of Meekin and Shannon, which is on the brink of financial … See more

• Buster Keaton as James "Jimmie" Shannon
• T. Roy Barnes as His Partner [Billy Meekin]
• Ruth Dwyer as His Sweetheart [Mary Jones]… See more

Joseph Schenck bought the rights to Roi Cooper Megrue's play Seven Chances thinking it might be a good project for Keaton or for Norma, Constance or Natalie Talmadge. It was an enormous hit on Broadway … See more

The film was another box office success for Keaton, grossing $598,288 domestically.
When released, Mordaunt Hall, the film critic for The New York Times, gave the film a mixed review, and wrote, "After viewing Buster Kea… See more

Buster Keaton received a Special Mention in 1966 for the British Film Institute's Sutherland Trophy. See more

The story was reworked several times, notably by the Three Stooges in the films Brideless Groom (also written by Clyde Bruckman) and Husbands Beware, in The Suitor (Le Soupirant), a 1962 French comedy sta… See more