The General (1926)

7.9/10 79 min Comedy War Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Buster Keaton

Johnnie Gray

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

Budd Fine

Raider (uncredited)

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