Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

7.6IMDb Score
Released:1928-05-09
Duration:70 min
Director:Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton
Actors:Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron
Production:Buster Keaton Productions

Overview:

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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