Story Line
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.
“Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
7.9/ 10
Release Date
1926-12-25
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
ActionAdventureComedyWarRomanceDrama
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User Reviews (3)
Andres Gomez
10/10
•2/26/2016Just amazing.
Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
CinemaSerf
8/10
•6/6/2022There's quite a lot going on here - it is certainly comedic, but there is also plenty of action and even some romance in this American Civil War story. Keaton ("Johnnie") has been deemed more important as a railroad engineer so was rejected as a sold...
James
7/10
•10/28/2023This is Keaton’s masterpiece, a flawed one, yes. It’s not funny enough and the story could be developed more. But it is significant, flaws and all. The closest a film will ever get to flawed perfection.