Andres Gomez
Feb 26, 2016
10/10
Just amazing.
Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
The General
Visit website7.9/10 • 1.3K
1926-12-25 • 1h 19m
ActionAdventureComedyWar
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
- Directors
- Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- Editors
- Sherman Kell
ActionAdventureComedyWar
The General
Visit website1926-12-25 • 1h 19m
7.9/10 • 1.3K
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
- Directors
- Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- Editors
- Sherman Kell
Top Billed Cast
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Buster Keaton
Johnnie Gray
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Brother
Charles Henry Smith
Annabelle's Father
Joe Keaton
Union General
Mike Donlin
Union General
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $750,000.00
- Revenue
- $1,000,000.00
- Keywords
- cannonarmygeneralsouthern usaspyfiancébridgeengineerattackblack and whitetrainsilent filmbehind enemy linesamerican civil war