Where to Watch The Villain (1917)

Want to behold the glory that is 'The Villain' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Arvid E. Gillstrom-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Villain' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Villain' right now, here are some specifics about the King Bee Studios comedy flick.

Released July 14th, 1917, 'The Villain' stars Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Florence McLaughlin, Bud Ross The movie has a runtime of about 21 min, and received a user score of 55 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 2 well-known users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In The Villain Billy attempted something a little different Hes still imitating Chaplin but this time hes playing the wicked tophatted Charlie found in some of his earliest Keystone appearances eg Mabel at the Wheel the ones where Charlie himself seemed to be imitating the studios recently departed Ford Sterling Throughout this short there is much spoofing of oldtime melodramas a frequent motif of Sterlings comedies" .