Steamboat Bill, Jr.

May 9, 1928

1h 10m

★ 7.6

The Laugh Special of the Age. See It.

Overview

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Buster Keaton Productions

Steamboat Bill, Jr. Trailers

Cast

William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

Buster Keaton

John James 'J.J.' King

Tom McGuire

William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.

Ernest Torrence

First and Last Mate Tom Carter

Tom Lewis

Kitty King

Marion Byron

Minister (uncredited)

James T. Mack

Barber (uncredited)

Ford West

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6.8

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