Plots(1)
Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his inheritance is a shack. And he learns that the object of his affection (Keaton’s real-life wife, Natalie Talmadge) is the daughter of a man with whom his family has been engaged in a long, violent feud. McKay’s personal struggles are punctuated by brilliant slapstick setpieces that involve an exploding dam, raging waterfalls, and a primitive steam engine. Keaton supervised the design and construction of the train, which he revived two years later for the short The Iron Mule (in which he appears without credit as an Native American chief). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Buster Keaton
USA
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Limelight (1952)
Tom London
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Our Hospitality (1923)
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Joe Keaton
USA
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Joe Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Our Hospitality (1923)
Three Ages (1923)
Kitty Bradbury
USA
Best movies:
The Kid (1921)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Three Comrades (1938)
Monte Collins
Best movies:
Our Hospitality (1923)
The King of Kings (1927)
Craig Ward
Best movies:
Our Hospitality (1923)
Natalie Talmadge
USA
Best movies:
Our Hospitality (1923)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)