Cast
Buster Keaton 
Kathryn McGuire 
Frederick Vroom
Credits
Written by: Clyde Bruckman Joseph A. Mitchell Jean C. Havez
Music: Antonio Coppola
Plot
A spoiled rich man and the girl he wants to marry end up drifting alone on a huge empty ocean liner. Donald Crisp co-directed.
Sinekatalog’s take
Buster Keaton's silent comedy strands two spoiled lovers on a deserted ocean liner. Inventive gags, an underwater sequence and cannibal-island chaos make it one of Keaton's most beloved and successful films.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (12,226 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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