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Special Delivery

1927 · 60 min
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly score in films until the arrival of talkies allowed his fans to hear as well as see him. Special Delivery was directed by "William Goodrich," who in reality was comedian Fatty Arbuckle, hoping to stage a comeback after the sex scandal that destroyed his career.

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Year 1927
Director Roscoe Arbuckle
Runtime 60 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.7/10 (3 votes)

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The film constructs its humor on the physical contrast between the hapless mailman and the bumbling crooks, relying entirely on Cantor's expressive pantomime. It explores the silent-era trope of the accidental hero through a series of escalating chases and misunderstandings.

What lingers after the final reel is the charm of a simple, gag-driven story where chaos is the true deliverer of justice. A lighthearted relic of pre-talkie comedy. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Roscoe Arbuckle

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