Arguably Keaton's finest film, and rated as one of the funniest comedies ever made. Keaton is the Confederate train driver who refuses to hold up the white flag when his engine is hijacked by Union soldiers during the Civil War. The visual gags come thick and fast as Buster fearlessly risks life and limb in a desperate race to claim back his train, and his girl! A classic.
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THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
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A girl travelling on a trans-European express strikes a friendly acquaintance with a middle-aged tweedy woman who promptly disappears. When everyone on the train denies ever having seen the lady the plot thickens, but what is brilliant is how the script resolves this and other conundrums. Superb.
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THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)
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Palm Beach Story stars Claudette Colbert as an antsy wife who's tired of waiting for her husband to earn some cash, so dumps him and goes in search of a rich bachelor. Voted number 77 on the American Institute's list of America's 100 funniest movies… is that good?
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THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (1952)
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The local clergy and gentry, who've used the local railway for yonks, band together to prevent the local line from being closed, ending up at war with the local lorry drivers. Warm beer, the sound of leather on willow, but a lot less pollution, so let's give a rousing cheer for a few of our traditional values in this extremely funny Ealing Comedy, one of the last of the line there to.
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