The High Sign

The High Sign

The High Sign

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The High Sign

"What A Predicament!"

1921

0h 21m

7.1(119 votes)

Crime

Comedy

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.

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Cast & Crew

6 members

Directing

Buster Keaton

Our Hero

Buster Keaton

Acting

Bartine Burkett

Miss Nickelnurser

Bartine Burkett

Acting

Charles Dorety

Gang Member

Charles Dorety

Acting

Joe Roberts

Leader of Buzzards

Joe Roberts

Acting

Al St. John

Man On Beach

Al St. John

Acting

Ingram B. Pickett

Tiny Tim

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