A cross-eyed klutz becomes Hollywood's hottest stuntman—completely by accident.
The movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The movie's leading man wants his stunt double to do the next dangerous stunt. Purely by accident, a hapless, cross-eyed aspiring actor named Joe Magee ends up doing the stunt perfectly. He ends up doing dangerous stunt after stunt, all by accident, that fit the movie so perfectly that the movie's leading lady wants him in the picture. The exasperated director finds that getting Joe to do the stunts on command is an entirely different story.
Practical Effects
Real 1923 stunts with zero safety nets.
Acting
Ben Turpin's cross-eyed timing is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Del Lord
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ben Turpin famously insured his crossed eyes for $100,000 with Lloyd's of London—making him one of the first celebrities to body-part insure.
This 1923 short hilariously predicts our obsession with 'authentic' performers while actually being highly staged—meta before meta was cool.
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