Film

The General

1926 · 1h 19m · Comedy · War · Romance

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

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.

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)

• Buster KeatonProducer · Screenplay · Director · Editor
• Clyde BruckmanDirector · Screenplay
• Joseph M. SchenckProducer
• Devereaux JenningsDirector of Photography
• Bert HainesDirector of Photography
• Sherman KellEditor

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Release date

December 25, 1926

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Budget

$750,000

Revenue

$1,000,000

Genres

Comedy, War, Romance

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