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.
- 7.9
- 1926
- Released
- 1h 19m
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Joe Keaton
Union General
Mike Donlin
Union General
Tom Nawn
Union GeneralHenry Baird
Soldier (uncredited)Joe Bricher
Soldier (uncredited)Jimmy Bryant
Raider (uncredited)Sergeant Bukowski
Officer (uncredited)C.C. Cruson
Officer (uncredited)Jack Dempster
Raider (uncredited)Keith Fennell
Soldier (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Raider (uncredited)Eddie Foster
Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)Ronald Gilstrap
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)
Ray Hanford
Raider (uncredited)Jack Hanlon
Bit Part (uncredited)Al Hanson
Raider (uncredited)Anthony Harvey
Raider (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Union Officer (uncredited)
Hilliard Karr
Soldier (uncredited)Jackie Lowe
Boy Who Follows Johnny (uncredited)Billy Lynn
Soldier (uncredited)Ross McCutcheon
Raider (uncredited)Tom Moran
Raider (uncredited)Charles Phillips
Raider (uncredited)Red Rial
Raider (uncredited)
Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)Harold Terry
Union Soldier (uncredited)Ray Thomas
Raider (uncredited)Red Thompson
Raider (uncredited)James Walsh
Soldier (uncredited)Kenneth Hawley Ward
Soldier (uncredited)John Wilson
Union Soldier (uncredited)Jean Woodward
(uncredited)
Released
en
$750,000.00
$1,000,000.00
- #cannon
- #army
- #general
- #southern usa
- #spy
- #fiancé
- #bridge
- #engineer
- #attack
- #black and white
- #train
- #silent film
- #behind enemy lines
- #american civil war
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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.
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
Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.