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The General

19261h 19mComedy · War · Romance
directed by Clyde Bruckmandirected by Buster Keaton

“Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.”

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7.9 / 10
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8.1 / 10
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Synopsis

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.

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