Steamboat Bill, Jr.

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1928

1h 10m

English

Comedy, Romance

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7.9

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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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Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Movie

1928

1h 10m

English

Comedy, Romance

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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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Buster Keaton

William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

Tom McGuire

John James 'J.J.' King

Ernest Torrence

William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield S...

Tom Lewis

First and Last Mate Tom Carter

Marion Byron

Kitty King

James T. Mack

Minister (uncredited)

Ford West

Barber (uncredited)

Directed By: Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner

Written By: Carl Harbaugh (Story)

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Whitsbrain says...

4 years ago

Not putting this one up there with "The General", which is perfect, but "Steamboat Bill, Jr." is lots of fun with some laughs and plenty of amazing stunts. The windstorm at the end of the film is crazy, especially when you consider that this is nearly 100 years old. Buster Keaton is impossible not to love in underdog roles like this.

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samtasia says...

2 years ago

Complete with a fun romance, hilarious father-son antics, a solid plot, and incredible physical comedy — all-time stuff — this was an absolute delight. Up there with Keaton’s best!

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ux21 says...

4 years ago

Now having seen most of Buster Keaton’s - surprisingly inconsistent - feature-length filmography, i can say this one is among his true must-watch masterpieces with his boundless imagination on full display while also hitting all the right notes in his visual comedy.

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soonertbone says...

2 years ago

This one wore thin for me. The first half is excessively slow and also felt quite dreary: the father character is so mean-spirited it was tough to enjoy the pratfalls. Moreover, the comedy here felt slight--lots of tripping, falling, etc. without much of the wit you see in other Keaton pictures. The last twenty minutes are quite a spectacle, and feature Keaton in full "Jackass stunt double" mode, but the movie doesn't feel like it has the stakes or the heft of some of the previous work I've seen from him. That said, the house-falling shot is truly incredible and is my favorite Keaton stunt. Truly bonkers.

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drqshadow

6/10 5 years ago

This is considered to be one of Buster Keaton's greats, but I couldn't understand why until the final ten minutes. Up to that point, it's a very dull, basic formula: steamboat captain reunites with an estranged son, furrows his brow when the boy isn't as manly as he'd like, forbi More

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

"Steamboat Bill" (Ernest Torrence) gets a letter from his son - whom he hasn't seen for many years - saying he is coming to visit. Excitedly, he and his first mate "Tom" go to meet the train... What they meet, after a few mishaps, is a young man who looks more like a Parisian onion seller than a str More

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