The General

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

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Action
Adventure
Comedy
Romance
War

Overview

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.

Keywords

spy
army
attack
southern usa
black and white
train
cannon
bridge
engineer
american civil war
general
silent film
behind enemy lines
fiancé

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 25, 1926
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Joseph M. Schenck Productions,Buster Keaton Productions
Cast: Buster Keaton,Marion Mack,Glen Cavender,Jim Farley,Frederick Vroom,Frank Barnes,Charles Henry Smith,Joe Keaton,Mike Donlin,Tom Nawnand 33 more
Director: Clyde Bruckman,Buster Keaton
Writer: Buster Keaton,Clyde Bruckman,Al Boasberg,William Pittenger,Charles Henry Smith
Producer: Buster Keaton,Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematography: Devereaux Jennings,Bert Haines
Budget: $750,000
Revenue: $1,000,000
IMDb: tt0017925