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The General

“Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.”

19261h 19mComedy · War · Romance

Released

December 25, 1926

7.9

TMDB Score

79% match · 1,484 votes

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About the Movie

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ComedyWarRomance

Synopsis

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie 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.

DirectorsClyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

Released: December 25, 1926
Runtime: 1h 19m
Status: Released
Original language: English
Budget: $750.0K
Box office: $1.0M
Studios: Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions

Top Billed Cast

Buster Keaton

Johnnie Gray

Marion Mack

Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender

Captain Anderson

Jim Farley

General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom

A Southern General

FB

Frank Barnes

Annabelle's Brother

CH

Charles Henry Smith

Annabelle's Father

Joe Keaton

Union General

Mike Donlin

Union General

TN

Tom Nawn

Union General

HB

Henry Baird

Soldier (uncredited)

JB

Joe Bricher

Soldier (uncredited)

JB

Jimmy Bryant

Raider (uncredited)

SB

Sergeant Bukowski

Officer (uncredited)

CC

C.C. Cruson

Officer (uncredited)

JD

Jack Dempster

Raider (uncredited)

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