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The General

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

7.91,437 votes19261h 19mReleased

Comedy
War
Romance

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.

Director: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Released: 25 December 1926
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
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Buster Keaton
Johnnie Gray
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Frank Barnes

Annabelle's Brother

Charles Henry Smith

Annabelle's Father

Joe Keaton

Union General

Mike Donlin

Union General

Tom Nawn

Union General

Henry Baird

Soldier (uncredited)

Joe Bricher

Soldier (uncredited)

Jimmy Bryant

Raider (uncredited)

Sergeant Bukowski

Officer (uncredited)

C.C. Cruson

Officer (uncredited)

Jack Dempster

Raider (uncredited)

Keith Fennell

Soldier (uncredited)

Budd Fine

Raider (uncredited)

Eddie Foster

Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)

Ronald Gilstrap

Union Soldier (uncredited)

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