The Railrodder

Duration: 0:25:00

Year Published: 1959

Creator: McGraw-Hill Book Company | National Film Board Of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 10Dec65 · LF84 (Jul-Dec 1971) Copyright holder: National Film Board of Canada

Description: Presents Buster Keaton in a humorous coast-to-coast tour of Canada by railroad. Shows Keaton's silent character "borrowing" an electric railroad car which takes him from Canada's Atlantic shore, through eastern industrial cities and western prairies, to the Pacific coast. Portrays the character off-handedly finding all he needs for his journey, including food, blankets, and a wash tub, in a tiny box on the railroad car. , A short comedy with Buster Keaton in which he employs the classical Keaton sight gags of the silent film days. In a trip across Canada on a motor-driven railroad handcar, Keaton explores Canada.

Complete Record: , A cross-country trip with Buster Keaton starring as the railrodder. In one of the last films of his career, Buster Keaton crosses North America from east to west on a railway track speeder. Not a word is spoken throughout the film, but the comedian's sight gags evoke his classic silent work. , A short comedy with Buster Keaton in which he employs the classical Keaton sight gags of the silent film days. In a trip across Canada on a motor-driven railroad handcar, Keaton explores Canada.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.