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The High Sign

1921 · US

Directed by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton

A gang called the Blinking Buzzards runs a shooting gallery and orders a hit, and Keaton, who has been hired to do it, protects the man instead by wiring his house with trapdoors. The set is a machine and the last reel runs it. He shot it in 1920 and held it back until after One Week because he thought it was too much like Arbuckle. With Eddie Cline, released 1921.

Crime · Comedy

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1921 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

Public domain presentation

Public Domain Source

Wikimedia Commons · FM-54; File:The High Sign (1921).webm; 480x360

Video: Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton · Credit: YouTube · Public domain · Source: File page

Cast & Crew

Edward F. Cline · DirectorBuster Keaton · Our HeroBartine Burkett · Miss Nickelnurser

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Cast

Principal players
B

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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