The General

1927 "Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter."

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The General

8.1 | 1h19m | NR | en | Adventure

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.

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8.1 | 1h19m | NR | en | Adventure , Action , Comedy

Synopsis

Cast

Buster Keaton , Marion Mack , Glen Cavender

Director

Fred Gabourie

Producted By

Buster Keaton Productions , Joseph M. Schenck Productions

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Cast

Buster Keaton

as Johnnie Gray

[2026] R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr [2025] Sunset Boulevard [2025] Hodgepodge [2025] Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M.'s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi: A Silents Synced Film [2023] Navigators [2023] The History of Cinema [2023] Stunts: A Taste for Risk [2022] A Possible Future... [2020] Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

Marion Mack

as Annabelle Lee

[1987] Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow [1927] The General

Glen Cavender

as Captain Anderson

[1949] The Fountainhead [1943] Northern Pursuit [1942] The Hidden Hand [1942] George Washington Slept Here [1941] The Great Mr. Nobody [1941] Here Comes Happiness [1940] An Angel from Texas [1940] No Time for Comedy [1940] King of the Lumberjacks