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1923 • 1h 13min • Not Rated • Comedy, Romance

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"You're Going to Explode With "Safety Laughs" when You see This Fun Bomb."

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

IMDb 8.1

RT 97%

Director

Fred C. Newmeyer

Writers

Hal Roach

Sam Taylor

Tim Whelan

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Harold Lloyd

The Boy

Mildred Davis

The Girl

Bill Strother

The Pal

Noah Young

The Law

Westcott Clarke

The Floorwalker

Roy Brooks

Man Laughing from Window (uncredited)

Mickey Daniels

Newsboy with Freckles (uncredited)

Richard Daniels

Worker with Acetylene Torch (uncredited)

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