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Movie poster: The Non-Stop Fright (1927)
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The Non-Stop Fright

1927 · 7 min Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy
4.2 / 10 · TMDB

Felix goes to Timbuctoo to win 50,000 buckaroos. Little does he know, his DIY airplane is about to be hi-jacked by terrorist fish. He finds a way out though, as usual. He also undresses an elephant in order to produce a balloon to escape from the hungry Timbuctoo residents. Again, an elephant.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1927
Country United States of America
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Director Otto Messmer
Runtime 7 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.2/10 (4 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film constructs its adventure on a foundation of pure, unadulterated absurdity, relying on visual gags and impossible physics to propel Felix from one crisis to the next. The logic of escape is secondary to the inventiveness of the cartoon solution.

What lingers after the frantic chase is a charming sense of anarchy, a reminder of early animation's boundless freedom to imagine any way out of a predicament, even if it involves an elephant. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Otto Messmer

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Best enjoyed with a group for shared laughs at its relentless, silly energy.

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