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
Buster Keaton
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
Andres Gomez
February 26, 2016
Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
CinemaSerf
June 6, 2022
There's quite a lot going on here - it is certainly comedic, but there is also plenty of action and even some romance in this American Civil War story. Keaton ("Johnnie") has been deemed more important as a railroad engineer so was rejected as a soldier - but this causes his girlfriend "Annabelle" and her family to think he is yella'! When the Yankees concoct a plan to steal his engine "The Genera...
James
October 28, 2023
This is Keaton’s masterpiece, a flawed one, yes. It’s not funny enough and the story could be developed more. But it is significant, flaws and all. The closest a film will ever get to flawed perfection.
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