Running Wild

1927, Movie, NR, 68 mins

The last silent film to be shot at New York City's Astoria Studios, RUNNING WILD is a lively comedy about a wimp who is transformed into a world-beater by hypnosis. For the film, W.C. Fields set aside his stock con artist persona and entered the skin of the other staple character in his repertoire: the meek and mousy breadwinner eternally terrorized by boss and family.

Elmer Finch (W.C. Fields) is his name, but it might as well be Caspar Milquetoast. At work, a lowly billing clerk, he is bullied by his employer Mr. Harvey (Frederick Burton); at home--despite the sympathetic presence of Mary (Mary Brian), his daughter by a previous marriage--he is browbeaten by ...

Released: 1927 Rated: NR Length: 68 mins
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