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The High Sign

1921·US
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
ComedyCrime

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.

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.

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Cast

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

I

Ingram B. Pickett

Tiny Tim

Crew

Edward F. Cline

writer

Elgin Lessley

cinematographer

Buster Keaton

writer

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