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Good Night, Nurse!
UNITED STATES · 1918

Good Night, Nurse!

Buster Keaton
alcoholism disguise hospital marital conflict escape
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Synopsis

Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the surgery. Roscoe, wanting out, eventually disguises himself as a nurse to effect his escape.

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