The Butcher's Nightmare
The Butcher's Nightmare
1917, English. Directed by Robin Williamson.
Ben, the butcher, is in love with a girl who does not reciprocate his affections. He falls asleep and has a dream in which he threatens to foreclose the mortgage on the home of the girl he loves. He also makes a regular crook of the girl's brother by having his safe robbed and the money placed in the brother's pocket. Ben is aroused from his dream by his partner, who is beating him over the head with a slab of meat.
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- 0h 20m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 24 February 1917
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The Butcher's Nightmare isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 February 1917. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Butcher's Nightmare?
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Who directed The Butcher's Nightmare?
The Butcher's Nightmare (1917) was directed by Robin Williamson and stars Ben Turpin, Margaret Templeton, Edward J. Laurie.