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The High Sign (1921)

What A Predicament!

Genre : Crime, Comedy

Runtime : 21M

Director : Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton

Synopsis

Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.

Actors

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Our Hero
Bartine Burkett
Bartine Burkett
Miss Nickelnurser
Charles Dorety
Charles Dorety
Gang Member
Joe Roberts
Joe Roberts
Leader of Buzzards
Al St. John
Al St. John
Man On Beach
Ingram B. Pickett
Ingram B. Pickett
Tiny Tim

Crews

Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Director
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Director
Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Writer
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Writer
Elgin Lessley
Elgin Lessley
Director of Photography
Joseph M. Schenck
Joseph M. Schenck
Producer
Fred Gabourie
Fred Gabourie
Technical Supervisor

Posters and backgrounds

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