Movie Description

The Butcher's Nightmare

The Butcher's Nightmare

(1917)

Overview

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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Facts

Original TitleThe Butcher's Nightmare

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1917-02-24

Original Language

Runtime 00h 20m

Production CompaniesVogue Motion Picture Company

Genres

  • Comedy