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The last of the independent features made in the prime of Buster Keaton s career, STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. is a large-scale follow-up to The General, substituting a Mississippi paddlewheel for the locomotive, and replacing the spectacle of the Civil War with a catastrophic hurricane.
Original Release
05/09/1928
US Release
05/20/1928
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom McGuire | J.J. King / John James 'J.J.' King |
Ernest Torrence | William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield / William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr. |
Tom Lewis | Tom Carter - First and Last Mate / First and Last Mate Tom Carter |
Marion Byron | Kitty King - King's Daughter / J.J. King's Daughter Kitty |
Joe Keaton | Barber |
James T. Mack | Minister |
Buster Keaton | William Canfield Jr. / William 'Willie' Canfield Jr. |
Directors
Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom McGuire | J.J. King / John James 'J.J.' King |
Ernest Torrence | William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield / William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr. |
Tom Lewis | Tom Carter - First and Last Mate / First and Last Mate Tom Carter |
Marion Byron | Kitty King - King's Daughter / J.J. King's Daughter Kitty |
Joe Keaton | Barber |
James T. Mack | Minister |
Buster Keaton | William Canfield Jr. / William 'Willie' Canfield Jr. |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joseph M. Schenck | Executive Producer |