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.| Status: | Released (1926-12-25) |
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| Awards: | 3 wins & 1 nomination |
| Screen: | Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, Al Boasberg |
| Productions: | Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | No Language |
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Casts
- 8635: Buster Keaton - Johnnie Gray
- 14417: Marion Mack - Annabelle Lee
- 14419: Glen Cavender - Captain Anderson
- 14420: Jim Farley - General Thatcher
- 14421: Frederick Vroom - A Southern General
- 14424: Frank Barnes - Annabelle's Brother
- 14422: Charles Henry Smith - Annabelle's Father
Crews
- 8635: Buster Keaton - Producer - Production
- 14411: Devereaux Jennings - Director of Photography - Camera
- 10520: Joseph M. Schenck - Producer - Production
- 14410: Bert Haines - Director of Photography - Camera
- 8635: Buster Keaton - Screenplay - Writing
- 10517: Clyde Bruckman - Director - Directing
- 8635: Buster Keaton - Director - Directing
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
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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 girlfrie ....
Continue reading ->James
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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.
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