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Lakeshore Classic Movies
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
Season 2023
Episode 53
Buster Keaton returns home after years of separation from his father, a burly Mississippi riverboat captain. More by accident than intention the son helps turns things around when a wealthy competitor tries to take over the lucrative steamboat business in this comic masterpiece from the silent era.
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