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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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
Director
Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay
Clyde Bruckman
Tagline
"Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$750,000
Revenue
$1,000,000
Production
Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
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