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1952 | B/N | 69min

A young man who cannot find work in his small hometown tries his luck in New York. A few minutes after arriving in the Big Apple, overwhelmed by life in the big city, he decides to move again, this time to a ranch outside the city. There, little by little he becomes a successful cowboy This film, directed by and starring the mythical Buster Keaton, was selected for preservation in 1993 by the U.S. Library of Congress in their National Film Registry.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Keaton; Buster
Script: Cannon; Raymond, Neal; Lex, Keaton; Buster
Production: M Schenck; Joseph, Keaton; Buster
Photography: Haines; Bert
Cast:Thomson; Ray, Myers; Kathleen, Truesdale; Howard, Keaton; Buster, Cafés (vaca Ojos Cafés); Ojos
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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