Movie

The General (1926)

79 min

• Comedy
• War
• Romance

Director

Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

Released

December 25, 1926

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• 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

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