Seven Chances

Seven Chances
Theatrical poster
Directed byBuster Keaton
Screenplay byClyde Bruckman
Jean Havez
Joseph A. Mitchell
Story byDavid Belasco
Based onSeven Chances
1916 play
by Roi Cooper Megrue
Produced byJoseph M. Schenck
Buster Keaton
StarringBuster Keaton
CinematographyByron Houck
Elgin Lessley
Edited byBuster Keaton
Music byRobert Israel (1995)
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn
Release date
  • March 11, 1925 (1925-03-11) (United States)
Running time
57 minutes (6 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Box office$598,288

Seven Chances is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue, produced in 1916 by David Belasco. Additional cast members include T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, and Ruth Dwyer. Jean Arthur, a future star, has an uncredited supporting role. The film's opening scenes were shot in early Technicolor. The film includes Keaton's famous rock avalanche sequence.[1]