The General

About The General

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.

The General is a 1926 comedy romance film directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman. Released in December 1926, it runs 79 minutes.

Buster Keaton stars as Johnnie Gray, Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee, Glen Cavender as Captain Anderson, and Jim Farley as General Thatcher. Written by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman. It was produced by Buster Keaton Productions and Joseph M. Schenck Productions.

Shelv files it under train, army, southern USA, and american civil war. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix.

The Birth of a Nation, Paths of Glory, and Shoulder Arms make useful companions to The General, all filed under silent film. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 1,486 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.