The General
1305 reviews
Action/Adventure
1h 19m
1926
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...
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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.
- DirectorClyde Bruckman
- Release25 December 1926
- Genre
- Duration1h 19m
- Budget$750,000
- Revenue$1,000,000
- Rate1305 reviews
- Productions
Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
Cast

Buster Keaton
Johnnie Gray

Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson

Jim Farley
General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom
A Southern General

Joe Keaton
Union General

Mike Donlin
Union General

Budd Fine
Raider (uncredited)

Frank Hagney
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)

Ray Hanford
Raider (uncredited)

Edward Hearn
Union Officer (uncredited)

Hilliard Karr
Soldier (uncredited)

Elgin Lessley
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)

Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
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