The General
1926 · TMDB 7.9
Directed by Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
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.
Why it matters
Keaton's epic Civil War comedy, often cited as his masterpiece. A train engineer chases his stolen locomotive, blending breathtaking stunts with deadpan humour.
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Released
- 1926-12-25
- Studio
- Joseph M. Schenck Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- No Language
- TMDB score
- 7.9
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