The High Sign

Name: The High Sign
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Released: 1921
Rating: 73.37
Cast: Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Joe Roberts, Al St. John

1921·Movie

21min

Ratings

73/100

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7.6

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About

What A Predicament!

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.

DNA

Genres: Slapstick Comedy
Mood: WhimsicalPlayfulFunLight-Hearted
Themes: Crime And JusticePersonal Growth And Transformation
Plot: Assassination PlotMistaken IdentityLove InterestPhysical Comedy
Pacing: TwistingFast-PacedEpisodic
Narrative: Visual StorytellingPhysical Comedy
Dialog: Minimalist Dialogue
Character Types: InnocentReluctant HeroComic Relief
Humor: SlapstickSituational ComedyVisual Gags
Time: 1920s
Place: Urban CityscapeAmusement Park
Cinematic Style: Silent FilmVisual StorytellingPhysical Comedy
Costume and Set: Period-Accurate Costumes

Sequels and Prequels

No sequels or prequels available

Crew

Directed by:

Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton, Elgin Lessley

Written by:

Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton

Produced by:

Joseph M. Schenck

Cast

Buster Keaton

Our Hero

Charles Dorety

Gang Member

Joe Roberts

Leader of Buzzards

Al St. John

Man On Beach

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