The General (1926)

US:: NR Action Adventure Comedy History War

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.

Updated May 9 2020

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Runtime: 79 mins Budget: $750,000 Rating: 8.1 Tag Line: Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

Cast

Buster Keaton

Elgin Lessley

Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)

Joe Keaton

Union General

Marion Mack

Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender

Captain Anderson

Jim Farley

General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom

A Southern General

Charles Henry Smith

Annabelle's Father (as Charles Smith)