Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
"The Laugh Special of the Age. See It."
ThumbScore
👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Tom McGuire as John King
Ernest Torrence as Steamboat Bill Sr.
Tom Lewis as Tom Carter
Marion Byron as Kitty King
James T. Mack as Minister (uncredited)
Ford West as Barber (uncredited)
Is Steamboat Bill, Jr. good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 410 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 100%.
Overview
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child. Wikipedia ↗
