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The General (1927)

Movie"Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter."
Audience Score
80
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NR 1 hr 19 minJan 15th, 1927Adventure, War, Comedy, Action
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.
StarringBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen Cavender
DirectorsClyde BruckmanBuster Keaton

Movie Details

Movie Budget:$750,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$1,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
Movie Tags:
silent filmblack and whitespytrainarmybridgeamerican civil warsouthern usaattackgeneral