FILMTHThe Home Owner1961

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How Long Is “The Home Owner”?

Name: The Home Owner
Released: 1961
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Buster Keaton, Bob Hawk, John F. Long

22m runtime

196122m

film with a runtime of 22 minutes, released in 1961. Presented in English.

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Runtime22m

Minutes22

One SittingYes

With Break34m

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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.

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Runtime22m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break34m

Movie Facts

Release Year1961

Runtime22m

LanguageEnglish

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