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The General
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
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.
- Original title
- The General
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $750,000
- Revenue
- $1,000,000
James
Oct 28, 2023 · via TMDB
This is Keaton’s masterpiece, a flawed one, yes. It’s not funny enough and the story could be developed more. But it is significant, flaws and all. The closest a film will ever get to flawed perfection.
CinemaSerf
Jun 6, 2022 · via TMDB
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 General" whilst she is travelling on it; he must use all his wits and guile to get them both back and is soon caught being enemy lines where he learns of their dastardly plan to attack. Can he get back with his gal and tell his confederates of the Unionist plans? There is something about the quality of the images - they are pretty much prefect; even when the train in rattling along a-pace. There are loads of skirmishes supporting a properly constructed, and exciting, story with plenty of drama and sometimes some quite scary bits too, all jammed into just over an hour. The version I saw had been re-scored by Carl Davis and that added immeasurably to the pace and tension - and the romance - and helped create a superb piece of cinema.
Andres Gomez
Feb 26, 2016 · via TMDB
Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
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Jim Farley
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Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Joe Keaton
Union General
Mike Donlin
Union General
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Ray Hanford
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Edward Hearn
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Elgin Lessley
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Al St. John
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Glen Cavender
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Buster Keaton
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Buster Keaton
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Clyde Bruckman
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