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A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
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Buster Keaton
- Our Hero
- (as 'Buster' Keaton)
Bartine Burkett
- Miss Nickelnurser
- (uncredited)
Charles Dorety
- Gang Member
- (uncredited)
Ingram B. Pickett
- Tiny Tim
- (uncredited)
Joe Roberts
- Leader of Buzzards
- (uncredited)
Al St. John
- Man on Beach During Target Practice
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIncluded in "Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection" blu-ray set, released by Kino.
- GoofsWhen Buster comes back from the gang's room to the shooting gallery (9:45 min), there is nothing on the wall between the two posters. But after he climbs over the counter, his coat is now hanging on the wall.
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Narration Card: The brutal bungalow of the Blinking Buzzards, a bold bad bunch of blood-thirsty bandits who would break into a bank, blow a battleship to bits or beat up a blue eyed baby blonde.
- Alternate versionsFilm Preservation Associates copyrighted a version in 1995 containing a music score and sound effects, with a running time of 21 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
Featured review
The blooming of a comic genius
The High Sign" was Buster Keaton's first two-reeler after he went solo after leaving his partnership with Roscoe Arbuckle in 1920, but it was not the first film he released. Here he plays a drifter who gets hired by a member of the gang "The Blinking Blizzards" to run a shooting gallery. In a turn of events that can happen only in a Keaton film, Buster winds up being hired to both kill the father of the girl he loves and also to protect him. The film ends with a funny chase sequence through a house that has a series of trick doors, false walls, and traps that could only be designed by the mind of Keaton. Keaton disliked "The High Sign" and delayed its release. Instead, his premiere release was "One Week". Both films show a genius in bloom.
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- Livvakten
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- Runtime20 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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