The Navigator · LeviOsa

Loading movie…

The Navigator · LeviOsa

The Navigator key art

1924·NR

Hurry! Hurry! Throw out the "laff" line!

ComedyActionAdventure1h 5m

🍅100%

🍅

100%

Tomatometer

🍿

89%

Popcornmeter

7.1

TMDB

Storyline

The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.

Trailers

2 videos

The Navigator trailer thumbnail

Buster Keaton's THE NAVIGATOR (Restoration) | Official US Trailer

Buster Keaton's "The Navigator" (1924) ✄ with "Surreal Road" by Kari Tribble

Buster Keaton's "The Navigator" (1924) ✄ with "Surreal Road" by Kari Tribble

Details

DirectorsDonald Crisp, Buster Keaton

ReleasedSep 28, 1924

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

Buster Keaton Productions

Cast

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Rollo Treadway

Kathryn McGuire

Kathryn McGuire

Betsy O'Brien

Frederick Vroom

Frederick Vroom

John O'Brien

Clarence Burton

Clarence Burton

Spy (uncredited)

H.N. Clugston

H.N. Clugston

Spy (uncredited)

Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson

Cannibal Chief (uncredited)

Reviews

8 reviews · 6 critics · 1 fan

7 fresh · 0 rotten

J

J. R. Jones

RTChicago ReaderAug 2, 2022

Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy masterpiece...

T

TIME Staff

RTTIME MagazineJul 20, 2020

You will watch [Buster Keaton] on shipboard, attacked by cannibals, prodded by swordfish. You will continue happily in his constituency.

M

Mordaunt Hall

RTNew York TimesMar 25, 2006

It is funny enough to see this indefatigable stoic as a pampered young man in a wonderful mansion, but, as might be gathered, it is even more absurd to view his actions when he and the heroine are alone aboard a drifting steamship.

S

Sean Axmaker

RTStream on DemandJul 28, 2026

Keaton indulges in his love of Rube Goldberg contraptions with an elaborate jungle of levers and hatches that turns a giant galley into a veritable automat ...

You Might Also Like

Breathless

The Apartment

Casablanca

Seandainya

Beauty and the Beast

On the Waterfront

La Jetée

For Your Eyes Only

A Hard Day's Night

Murder She Said

Murder Most Foul

Murder Ahoy

Recommended for you

Beat the Devil

Swashbuckler

Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

Easy Come, Easy Go

Sketch

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Two by Two: Overboard!

Under the Boardwalk

Moana

Out to Sea

More trailers on YouTube

Information

Title

The Navigator

Released

Sep 28, 1924

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 5m

Status

Released

Studio

Buster Keaton Productions

Finding ʻOhana