The General
ActionAdventureComedyWarRomance
7.919/10
|US
|en
|79 min
Release Date: 1926-12-25
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Joseph M. Schenck ProductionsBuster Keaton Productions
User Reviews
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Andres Gomez
10/10
Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
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CinemaSerf
8/10
There's quite a lot going on here - it is certainly comedic, but there is also plenty of action and even some romance in this American Civil War story. Keaton ("Johnnie") has been deemed more important as a railroad engineer so was rejected as a soldier - but this causes his girlfriend "Annabelle" and her family to think he is yella'! When the Yankees concoct a plan to steal his engine "The Genera...
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