Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

The Laugh Special of the Age. See It.

1928•1h 10m•7.6/10

ComedyRomanceActionDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(390)

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.

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Production

Buster Keaton Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

Tom McGuire

Tom McGuire

John James 'J.J.' King

Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.

Tom Lewis

First and Last Mate Tom Carter

Marion Byron

Marion Byron

Kitty King

James T. Mack

Minister (uncredited)

Ford West

Barber (uncredited)

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