Two identical men, one straitjacket — guess which twin's actually nuts?
Offering a ride to a millionaire, Sam Smith (Leon Errol) agrees to trade places with his passenger for financial reasons. Only when the men in the white coats put the collar on him does Sam realize that the "millionaire" was actually an escaped mental patient.
Acting
Leon Errol's double duty — subtle physical cues distinguish the twins.
Direction
Newmeyer's timing from Harold Lloyd days keeps farce airborne.
Director
Fred C. Newmeyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This lost film survives only via incomplete fragments and stills — what we 'know' comes largely from trade reviews and a novelization.
1927's asylum comedies reflected anxieties about involuntary commitment; audiences laughed at confinement that terrified them in real life.
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