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The Railrodder
The Railrodder is a 1965 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton in one of his final film roles, directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). A 25-minute comedic travelogue of Canada, "The Railrodder" was also Keaton's final silent film, as the film contains no dialogue and all sound effects are overdubbed.
The backdrop to all of this is the Canadian countryside, as "The Railrodder" provides scenic views of Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, the
not only for economic reasons, as the format allowed for an easy integration of the footage from Keaton's earlier films.
Reception.
"Buster Keaton Rides Again" was released with "The Railrodder". The motivation behind making "The Railrodder" with Buster Keaton, was that "critics were rediscovering and wildly praising his great silent comedies of the '20s." Produced primarily as a made-for-television short feature on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), after broadcast, the film was made available