Steamboat Bill, Jr.

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Steamboat Bill, Jr. ★★★ ½ 1928

City-educated student returns to his small home-town and his father's Mississippi river boat, where he's an embarrassment to dad. But bond they do, to ward off the owner of a rival riverboat, whose daughter Keaton falls for. Engaging look at small-town life and the usual wonderful Keaton antics, including braving the big tornado. 75m/B VHS, DVD . Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom Lewis; D: Charles Reisner; W: Carl Harbaugh; C: Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings.

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