The General

1926·Movie·1h 19mU

Comedy, War, Romance

7.9 / 10 (1,486 votes)

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

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.

Directed by: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Original language: English
Released: 25 December 1926

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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)