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The Villain Still Pursued Her is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Billy Gilbert and Buster Keaton. It is a parody of old stage melodramas but is based primarily on The Drunkard, a 19th-century prohibitionist play by William H. Smith that had also been lampooned in other productions, most notably in the 1934 W. C. Fields comedy The Old Fashioned Way. The overall format of the film is that of a stage play, with much dialogue spoken directly to the camera. Buster Keaton is notable in a speaking but minor supporting role as Dalton, a family friend. ()
