The High Sign (1921)

04/18/1921 (US) • 21m

Crime, Comedy

What A Predicament!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Bartine Burkett

Miss Nickelnurser

Charles Dorety

Gang Member

Joe Roberts

Leader of Buzzards

Al St. John

Man On Beach


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

bodyguard

secret society

trapdoor

oath

slapstick comedy

train

drifter

dog

silent film

amusement park

criminal gang

death threat

shooting gallery

short film

gang sign

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