The General
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.
- Budget
- $750,000
- Revenue
- $1,000,000
- Production
- Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
Tags & Hashtags
Watch The General Online
Video player provided by a third-party service. CineFlix does not host any content.
Official Trailer & More
Videos auto-play in sequence. If a video isn't available in your country, it's automatically skipped.
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
Budd Fine
Raider (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)
Ray Hanford
Raider (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Union Officer (uncredited)
Hilliard Karr
Soldier (uncredited)
Elgin Lessley
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Clyde Bruckman,Buster Keaton
- Writers
- Buster Keaton,Clyde Bruckman
- Producers
- Buster Keaton,Joseph M. Schenck
- Cinematography
- Devereaux Jennings,Bert Haines
Where to Watch
Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch via TMDB. Click a logo to visit the provider's official website.
Similar Movies
That Man in Istanbul
1965
Kontroll
2003
Bicycle Thieves
1948
When Doctors Disagree
1919
Finders Keepers
1984
Ching Ling, die Fliege
1990
The killer of the father
1923
A Petal on the Current
1919
A Good Person
2023
Mountains Clad in Green
1971
Once at Dawn
1971
Control
2007
The Great Train Robbery
1903
Madonnas
2007
L'Âge d'or
1930
Furtuna
1959
El Conde
2023
Secret Weapons
1985
Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959
Roman Holiday
1953
Recommendations
Love Me Tender
1956
Ride with the Devil
1999
Gods and Generals
2003
To Hell and Back
1955
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Britannic
2000
Gone with the Wind
1939
Silver Streak
1976
The Last Command
1928
Block-Heads
1938
Our Hospitality
1923
Dear John
2010
The Iron Horse
1925
The In-Laws
1979
Hostile Territory
2022
Shoulder Arms
1918
Private Peaceful
2012
The Lady Vanishes
1979
The New World
2005
War Horse
2011
User Reviews (0)
Sign in with Google to post a rating and review.
- No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
User Reviews from TMDB
Andres Gomez
February 26, 2016
Just amazing. Really, really impressive scenes with the railway engines and a physically incredible Keaton.
CinemaSerf
June 6, 2022
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 s…
James
October 28, 2023
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.