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The General

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
Dec 25, 1926 · 1h 19m
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Comedy
War
Romance

PLOT

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.

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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
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Brother
Charles Henry Smith
Annabelle's Father
Joe Keaton
Union General
Directed by Clyde Bruckman

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$750,000
Revenue
$1,000,000
Production
Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
Country
US

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