Buttons (1927)

3.7/10 • 70 min • Drama

Overview

Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew. The boys end up in deeper trouble, after they are thrown in the brig and the ship starts sinking...

Cast

Jackie Coogan

Buttons

Lars Hanson

Captain Travers

Gertrude Olmstead

Ruth Stratton

Roy D'Arcy

Henri Rizard

Polly Moran

Polly

Coy Watson Jr.

Brutus

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