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The High Sign(1921)
Status: Released
Date: 1921-04-18
71%
117 Votes
Time: 0h 21m
What A Predicament!
Overview:
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.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Movie: The High Sign
Top 6 Billed Cast
Buster Keaton
Our Hero
Charles Dorety
Gang Member
Joe Roberts
Leader of Buzzards
Al St. John
Man On Beach
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1921-04-18
Average
7.09
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
What A Predicament!
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