Steamboat Bill, Jr.

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.

Cast

Buster Keaton

as Steamboat Bill Jr.

Tom McGuire

as John King

Ernest Torrence

as Steamboat Bill Sr.

Tom Lewis

as Tom Carter

Marion Byron

as Kitty King

James T. Mack

as Minister (uncredited)

Ford West

as Barber (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"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...

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