“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.
Clyde Bruckman
Buster Keaton
Joseph M. Schenck
Buster Keaton
Clyde Bruckman
Devereaux Jennings
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)
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Andres Gomez
Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
CinemaSerf
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" a...
James
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.
Billy Crystal on Buster Keaton and THE GENERAL
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William Friedkin on Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL
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Critics' Picks - 'The General'
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The General 1927 Movie Trailer
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Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Buster Keaton Productions