The High Sign

The High Sign (1921) is a silent Buster Keaton short you can watch online on iFILM. Twenty minutes of stunts, chases and booby traps, all told without a single word.

A drifter hops off a train near an amusement park and lands a job at a shooting gallery — which happens to belong to the Blinking Buzzards gang. Ordered to kill a wealthy man, Keaton instead guards him and his daughter, rigging their house with ropes, trapdoors and folding walls. Co-directed with Edward F. Cline, it counts among Keaton's earliest solo efforts, and his engineer's eye for the perfect gag is already in full view. Watch The High Sign online on iFILM.