The High Sign

The High Sign

Infobox_Film
name = The High Sign


caption = Buster and the Blinking Buzzards give the titular "high sign" in the 1921 short.
director = Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
producer = Joseph M. Schenck
writer = Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
starring = Buster Keaton
Bartine Burkett
Charles Dorety
Al St. John
music =
cinematography = Elgin Lessley
editing = Buster Keaton
distributor = Metro Pictures
released = April 12, 1921
runtime = 21 min.
language = Silent film
English (original intertitles)
country = USA
budget =
amg_id = 1:142596
imdb_id = 0012278
preceded_by =
followed_by = |

"The High Sign" is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 21 minutes. Although "One Week" was the first of Keaton's independent shorts to be released, "The High Sign" was the first one to be produced. Disappointed with the result, Keaton shelved the film. It wasn't until a year later, when he broke his ankle and delayed the completion of "The Electric House", that the film was released. The title refers to the secret signal used by the underworld gang in the film.

Guitarist Bill Frisell released a sountrack to the movie in 1995 on his album "The High Sign/One Week".

Plot

Buster plays a drifter who cons his way into working at an amusement park shooting gallery. Believing Buster is an expert marksman, both the murderous gang the Blinking Buzzards and the man they want to kill end up hiring him. The film ends with a wild chase through a house filled with secret passages.

Cast

* Buster Keaton - Our Hero (as 'Buster' Keaton)
* Bartine Burkett - Miss Nickelnurser (uncredited)
* Charles Dorety - Villain (uncredited)
* Al St. John - Man in during target practice (uncredited)

ee also

* Buster Keaton filmography

References

cite book
last = Keaton
first = Eleanor
authorlink =
coauthors = Jeffrey Vance
title = Buster Keaton Remembered
publisher = Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
date = 2001
id = ISBN 0-8109-4227-5

External links

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