Where to Watch The Villain Online

Looking to watch 'The Villain' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Arvid E. Gillstrom-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, 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 alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Villain' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Villain' right now, here are some particulars 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 put together reviews from 2 experienced users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In The Villain, Billy attempted something a little different. He's still imitating Chaplin, but this time he's playing the wicked, top-hatted Charlie found in some of his earliest Keystone appearances (e.g. Mabel at the Wheel), the ones where Charlie himself seemed to be imitating the studio's recently departed Ford Sterling. Throughout this short there is much spoofing of old-time melodramas, a frequent motif of Sterling's comedies." .