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The Paleface (1922)

The Paleface poster
Directed by
Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Genre
comedy film, Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
24 min
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 102 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Buster Keaton plays a timid butterfly collector who stumbles into a conflict with a corrupt land agent. The land agent is trying to cheat a group of Native Americans out of their oil-rich land. Keaton's character must use his wits to survive the chaos.

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What happens

The Paleface is a 1922 American silent comedy Western two-reeler film starring Buster Keaton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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