Crime ·Comedy · United States of America · 1921 · 21m

The High Sign

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Director
Buster KeatonEdward F. Cline
Cast
Buster Keaton as Our Hero Bartine Burkett as Miss Nickelnurser Charles Dorety as Gang Member Joe Roberts as Leader of Buzzards Al St. John as Man On Beach Ingram B. Pickett as Tiny Tim
Crew
Elgin Lessley — Director of Photography Edward F. Cline — Writer Buster Keaton — Writer Joseph M. Schenck — Producer
Tagline

What A Predicament!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
bodyguardsecret societytrapdooroathslapstick comedytraindrifterdogsilent filmamusement parkcriminal gangdeath threat
Key Collaborators
Buster Keaton Director Edward F. Cline Director Elgin Lessley Director of Photography Edward F. Cline Writer Buster Keaton Writer Joseph M. Schenck Producer
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