A meek accountant is nagged by his wife. Year 1927 Video Release 2018-03-13 Studio Kino Lorber Genre Comedy MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 67 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis A browbeaten W.C. Fields gains the roaring courage of a lion thanks to a vaudeville hypnotist in RUNNING WILD 1927 , a raucously funny silent comedy. Fields Stars as Elmer Finch, a meek accountant nagged by his wife, harassed by his children, and awed by his boss. After he accidentally throws a horseshoe through a window, the cops are on his tail, and a suitably ridiculous chain of events puts him under the thrall of hypnosis, where he believes himself to be a lion. With newly leonine strength he visits all those who shamed and bullied him, and tries to get a raise in the process. Written and directed by the legendarily witty Gregory La Cava My May Godfrey , RUNNING WILD is a non-stop laugh riot. Director Gregory La Cava Cast Gregory La Cava; W.C. Fields; Mary Brian; Marie Shotwell; Claude Buchanan; Frederick Burton