The High Sign

PG
0h 21m
1921
7.1 /10 (119)

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.

Country : United States of America
Languages : No Language
Released Date: 1921-04-18

Top Billed Cast

Buster Keaton

Our Hero

Bartine Burkett

Miss Nickelnurser

Charles Dorety

Gang Member

Joe Roberts

Leader of Buzzards

Al St. John

Man On Beach

Ingram B. Pickett

Tiny Tim

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