A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
From 1920 to 1965, the great Buster Keaton leveraged locomotives to spectacular effect in his films. This video essay traces the arc of his iconic career along the tracks he traversed on screen: as a young performer during the rise of the silent era in Our Hospitality; while crafting his masterwork The General; and as an elder journeying across Canada aboard a railway speeder car in The Railrodder.
Director(s)
Buster Keaton
Gerald Potterton
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A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride FAQs
The directors of A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride are Buster Keaton and Gerald Potterton.
The cast of A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride includes Marion Mack as Self (Archival), Glen Cavender as Self (Archival), Joe Keaton as Self (Archival), Red Skelton as Self (Archival), Roscoe Arbuckle as Self (Archival), Natalie Talmadge as Self (Archival), Joe Roberts as Self (Archival), and Sybil Seely as Self (Archival).
The duration of A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride is 52 mins.
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride was released on 18 May 2026.
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride is listed under Documentary on Fanbiz.
