The High Sign

The High Sign (1921)

18/04/1921
Crime, Comedy
21m

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.

  • Buster KeatonDirector, Writer
  • Edward F. ClineDirector, Writer
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • bodyguard
  • secret society
  • trapdoor
  • oath
  • slapstick comedy
  • train
  • drifter
  • dog
  • silent film
  • amusement park
  • criminal gang
  • death threat
  • shooting gallery
  • short film
  • gang sign

Top Billed Cast

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Our Hero

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

Ingram B. Pickett

Tiny Tim

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