
Pistols for Breakfast
Summary
In an era where the mundane could abruptly spiral into the ludicrous, 'Pistols for Breakfast' presents a quintessential vignette of early cinematic chaos. Our narrative opens with a seemingly innocuous morning ritual: a spry young man, accompanied by his vivacious companion, settling into a bustling diner for what promises to be a comforting repast. Their conversation, likely light and animated, is abruptly — and comically — shattered by the emergence of a peculiar patron, a self-appointed 'regular' whose eccentricities quickly escalate into outright menace. This individual, armed with a firearm, lays claim not merely to a table or a preference, but to the very bacon adorning every plate, threatening to enforce his peculiar culinary decree with a firearm. The initial shock gives way to a primal, disbelieving terror, prompting our erstwhile breakfast-goers to abandon their meal and execute a swift, undignified retreat from the restaurant, their morning routine irrevocably fractured by this absurd, gun-wielding gourmand. The film masterfully captures the sudden, disorienting shift from everyday normalcy to an utterly preposterous, yet genuinely threatening, predicament.
Synopsis
A young man goes out to eat breakfast with his friend. As a restaurant "regular" with a pistol threatens to eat everyone's bacon, the two friends flee.
Director

Lew Harvey, Estelle Harrison, Gus Leonard, 'Snub' Pollard, Dorothea Wolbert, James Fitzgerald, Bebe Daniels, Harold Lloyd, Billy Fay, Noah Young, Sammy Brooks, James Parrott, Dee Lampton, Bud Jamison, Fred C. Newmeyer











