Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.(1928)

"The Laugh Special of the Age. See It."

7.6/10
372 votes
70 minMay 9, 1928

Overview

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

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