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83/100
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Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 97, everyone else 82.
See the most agreed on films →A young man moves to the big city to make enough money to marry his sweetheart. In a desperate attempt to earn a cash bonus, he agrees to stage a publicity stunt for his department store employer. The plan involves his friend, a skilled climber, scaling the building's exterior, but a last-minute complication forces the young man to make the perilous climb himself.
Details
- Directors
- Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
- Writers
- Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan
- Studio
- Hal Roach Studios, Pathé Exchange
- Released
- 12 March 1923
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $121.0K
- Box office
- $1.5M
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Awards
4 wins & 1 nomination
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