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1928 • 1h 10min • Not Rated • Comedy, Romance

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

"The Laugh Special of the Age. See It."

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.

IMDb 7.8

RT 100%

Director

Charles Reisner

Writer

Carl Harbaugh

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Buster Keaton

William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

Tom McGuire

John James 'J.J.' King

Ernest Torrence

William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.

Tom Lewis

First and Last Mate Tom Carter

Marion Byron

Kitty King

James T. Mack

Minister (uncredited)

Ford West

Barber (uncredited)

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