The General
79.59 %|Dec 25, 1926|Comedy, Action, Adventure, War
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.
Featured Crew
Clyde Bruckman
Director
Buster Keaton
Director
Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay
Buster Keaton
Screenplay
Buster Keaton
Producer
Joseph M. Schenck
Producer
Bert Haines
Director of Photography
Devereaux Jennings
Director of Photography
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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)
Jimmy Bryant
Raider (uncredited)
Sergeant Bukowski
Officer (uncredited)
C.C. Cruson
Officer (uncredited)
Jack Dempster
Raider (uncredited)
Keith Fennell
Soldier (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Raider (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
Ronald Gilstrap
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)
Ray Hanford
Raider (uncredited)
Jack Hanlon
Bit Part (uncredited)
Al Hanson
Raider (uncredited)
Anthony Harvey
Raider (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Union Officer (uncredited)
Hilliard Karr
Soldier (uncredited)
Elgin Lessley
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Louis Lewyn
Soldier (uncredited)
Jackie Lowe
Boy Who Follows Johnny (uncredited)
Billy Lynn
Soldier (uncredited)
Ross McCutcheon
Raider (uncredited)
Tom Moran
Raider (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
Raider (uncredited)
Red Rial
Raider (uncredited)
Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Harold Terry
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Thomas
Raider (uncredited)
Red Thompson
Raider (uncredited)
James Walsh
Soldier (uncredited)
Kenneth Hawley Ward
Soldier (uncredited)
John Wilson
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Jean Woodward
(uncredited)