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The General (1926)
Directed by Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
“Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.”
Comedy, War, Romance · 1h 19m
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie 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
F
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Brother
C
Charles Henry Smith
Annabelle's Father
Joe Keaton
Union General
Mike Donlin
Union General
T
Tom Nawn
Union General
H
Henry Baird
Soldier (uncredited)
J
Joe Bricher
Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- Screenplay
- Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
- Director of Photography
- Devereaux Jennings, Bert Haines
- Editor
- Buster Keaton, Sherman Kell
- Producer
- Buster Keaton, Joseph M. Schenck
Details
- Release date
- 1926-12-25
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Comedy, War, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
- Budget
- $750,000
- Box office
- $1,000,000