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The General(1926)
Status: Released
Date: 1926-12-25
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1292 Votes
Time: 1h 19m
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
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.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $750,000.00
Revenue: $1,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Buster Keaton Productions
Movie: The General
Top 10 Billed Cast
Buster Keaton
Johnnie Gray
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Joe Keaton
Union General
Mike Donlin
Union General
Video Trailer The General
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The General 1927 Movie Trailer
Billy Crystal on Buster Keaton and THE GENERAL
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William Friedkin on Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL
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