
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.


“What A Predicament!”
Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.
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Buster Keaton
Our Hero

Bartine Burkett
Miss Nickelnurser

Charles Dorety
Gang Member

Joe Roberts
Leader of Buzzards

Al St. John
Man On Beach
Ingram B. Pickett
Tiny Tim
The High Sign is a crime, comedy film released in 1921 exploring themes of bodyguard, secret society, trapdoor, oath, slapstick comedy, train. Directed by Edward F. Cline, it stars Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety. Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.
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