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The Paleface

1922·US
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
ComedyWestern

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.

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Cast

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Little Chief Paleface

Virginia Fox

Virginia Fox

Indian Maiden

Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts

The Indian Chief

Crew

Buster Keaton

writer

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