Film · Comedy, Romance, War
The General (1926)
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
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.
- Director
- Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- Writers
- Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, Charles Henry Smith
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- December 25, 1926
Cast
Buster KeatonJohnnie Gray
Marion MackAnnabelle Lee
Glen CavenderCaptain Anderson
Jim FarleyGeneral Thatcher
Frederick VroomA Southern General- Frank BarnesAnnabelle's Brother
- Charles Henry SmithAnnabelle's Father
Joe KeatonUnion General
Mike DonlinUnion General- Tom NawnUnion General
- Henry BairdSoldier (uncredited)
- Joe BricherSoldier (uncredited)
- Jimmy BryantRaider (uncredited)
- Sergeant BukowskiOfficer (uncredited)
- C.C. CrusonOfficer (uncredited)
- Jack DempsterRaider (uncredited)
- Keith FennellSoldier (uncredited)
Budd FineRaider (uncredited)- Eddie FosterUnion Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
- Ronald GilstrapUnion Soldier (uncredited)
