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The General

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

1926 · NR · 1h 19m

Directed by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton

7.9

TMDB audience score
1,490 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Mike Donlin
    Union General

  • Tom Nawn
    Union General

  • Henry Baird
    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Joe Bricher
    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Jimmy Bryant
    Raider (uncredited)

  • Sergeant Bukowski
    Officer (uncredited)

  • C.C. Cruson
    Officer (uncredited)

  • Jack Dempster
    Raider (uncredited)

  • Keith Fennell
    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Budd Fine
    Raider (uncredited)