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Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

NR1987•53m•7.5/10
Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.5/10(11)

A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.

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Production

Thames Television

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 30, 1987

Last Aired

October 14, 1987

Networks

ITV1, Channel 4

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode One
E1
Episode One
Air date: 1987-09-30
Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
Episode Two
E2
Episode Two
Air date: 1987-10-07
Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
Episode Three
E3
Episode Three
Air date: 1987-10-14
The great Keaton revival began in 1949 with a tribute in Life Magazine to the silent comics. By the time Keaton died in 1966 he had been acclaimed as one of the giants of the cinema.

Cast

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage)

Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eleanor Keaton

Eleanor Keaton

Self

James Karen

James Karen

William Collier Jr.

William Collier Jr.

Viola Dana

Viola Dana

Marion Mack

Marion Mack

Charles Lamont

Charles Lamont

Self

William R. Cox

Loyal T. Lucas

Self

Dean Riesner

Dean Riesner

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