The General

1926

7.9 (1,451)

1 hr 19 min

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

$750,000

$1,000,000

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.

Top Cast

Buster Keaton as Johnnie Gray

Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender as Captain Anderson

Jim Farley as General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom as A Southern General

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