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Overview

Cast & Crew

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The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 19m

Genre

Action, Adventure, Comedy, War, Romance

Release Date

25 Dec 1926

Country

United States of America

Language

No Language

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Director & Producers

Clyde Bruckman
Director

Buster Keaton
Director Joseph M. Schenck
Producer

Top Billed Cast

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)

Technical Team

Buster Keaton
Screenplay Devereaux Jennings
Director of Photography

Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay Sherman Kell
Editor Bert Haines
Director of Photography Byron Houck
Camera Operator Frank Barnes
Grip Dal Clawson
Still Photographer Elmer Ellsworth
Camera Operator Harry J. Wild
First Assistant Camera Charles Henry Smith
Adaptation William Pittenger
Book

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Buster Keaton Productions