一列疾驰的火车呼啸而过,在经过某个城镇时扔下了一个有些潦倒落魄的青年(巴斯特·基顿 Buster Keaton 饰)。他没有工作,彷徨无奈,而登载在一份超大报纸上的招工启事吸引了青年的眼球。
When Keaton is rejected by his girl friend, he sets out in a small boat seeking forgetfulness. His troubles increase, however, when he takes refuge on a whaling ship. He quickly incurs the wrath of the despotic ship's captain. Making his escape, Buster next encounters a large flotation device which he does not recognize as a target for nautical maneuvers. It is blown to smither...
The film opens near a subway terminal from which Buster Keaton emerges. He finds people gambling in a house with lots of money. He tries to scare them with the cutout of a poster with a man holding gun. He puts the cutout at the window and says, "Raise your hands in air". But soon they find out when a drunk man falls over the cutout and Buster has to run.
Next, he mistakenly en...
Buster Keaton's final silent feature, as well as the final film in which MGM allowed him any creative control.