The Paleface

1922
U
20m

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Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.

Directors
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Writers
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
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6.8/10

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Directors
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Writers
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Stars

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Buster Keaton

Little Chief Paleface

Virginia Fox

Indian Maiden
(uncredited)

Joe Roberts

The Indian Chief
(uncredited)

Directors
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Writers
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
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Featured review

8/10

HIlarious Keaton film, great stunts

Buster inadvertently wanders onto Indian land, chasing butterflies. What he doesn't know is that the tribe has vowed to kill the first white man who shows up, since they have just been cheated out of their land. Buster frustrates every attempt at his demise, including fashioning asbestos underwear so he cannot be burned at the stake. The tribe make him an honorary member, and then he fights to get their land back. When Buster threatens to scalp one of the swindlers, the man offers up his toupee instead.

There are plenty of funny and incredible stunts, which leaves me wondering if there was anything Keaton would not attempt.

scsu1975
Dec 2, 2022
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Trivia
The film was restored in 2015 through Lobster Films, a process partially funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.

Goofs
In the external scene of the cabin, smoke is coming from the chimney. In the interior scene, there is no fire in the fireplace.

Quotes
Title Card: A rival tribe of savages who went broke playing strip poker.

Alternate versions
The version shown on the American Movie Classics channel was copyrighted in 1968 by Leopold Friedman and Raymond Rohauer. It had an uncredited music soundtrack and ran 21 minutes.