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Steamboat Bill, Jr.

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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

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Average Rating:8.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., Buster Keaton plays the mild-mannered son of a steamboat captain caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between his father and another Mississippi riverboat owner. This... In STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., Buster Keaton plays the mild-mannered son of a steamboat captain caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between his father and another Mississippi riverboat owner. This silent classic contains the famous stunt in which a cyclone blows down a two-story wall over Keaton who passes unharmed through an open window. [More]

Starring: Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom Lewis

Starring: Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom Lewis

Director: Charles F. Reisner

Director: Charles F. Reisner

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