The General
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
8.0 / 10
79 minutes
1926-12-25
No Language
US
Actors :
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Frank Barnes, Charles Henry Smith, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn, Henry Baird, Joe Bricher, Jimmy Bryant, Sergeant Bukowski, C.C. Cruson
Description
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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Reviews
Andres Gomez
6/23/2021, 3:57:45 PM
Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
CinemaSerf
6/6/2022, 6:21:57 PM
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
10/28/2023, 12:50:59 PM
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.