The General

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.

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Release date

25 Dec 1926

Runtime

1 h 19 min

• TMDB 7.9

Genres

• Comedy
• War
• Romance

Director

Clyde BruckmanBuster Keaton

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Countries

• US

Cast

Buster Keatonas Johnnie GrayMarion Mackas Annabelle LeeGlen Cavenderas Captain AndersonJim Farleyas General ThatcherFrederick Vroomas A Southern GeneralFBFrank Barnesas Annabelle's BrotherCHCharles Henry Smithas Annabelle's FatherJoe Keatonas Union GeneralMike Donlinas Union GeneralTNTom Nawnas Union General

Writers

Buster KeatonClyde Bruckman

Cinematography

DJDevereaux JenningsBHBert Haines

Studios

JMJoseph M. Schenck ProductionsBKBuster Keaton Productions

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