The Home Owner (1961)

11/09/1961 (US) • 22m

Overview

A 25 minute sales film featuring Buster Keaton as a prospective home owner in Maryvale, a suburb of Phoenix. A Realtor takes Buster on a tour of some model tract homes and extols their virtues while Buster is constantly pursuing a sexy-looking blonde. After buying a home, Buster proceeds to wreak havoc in the community. He falls into another resident's pool with a shopping cart full of purchases from S. S. Kresge's, knocks over an unassuming waiter with a bowling ball at the local lanes and tries his hand at being a waiter a ritzy restaurant. The construction of the new hospital and golf course are then discussed, and the films ends with a panoramic view of the model tract homes.

Top Billed Cast

Buster Keaton

The Home Owner

Bob Hawk

Narrator / Realtor

John F. Long

Man in Bowling Alley


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

slapstick comedy

salesman

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