The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 72% of the 65 1920s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
405 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles ReisnerDirector
- Buster KeatonDirector
- Buster KeatonScreenplay
Cast
- Buster KeatonSteamboat Bill Jr.
- Tom McGuireJohn King
- Ernest TorrenceSteamboat Bill Sr.
- Tom LewisTom Carter
- Marion ByronKitty King
- James T. MackMinister (uncredited)
- Ford WestBarber (uncredited)
Stills
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