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Comedy / War / Romance

The General.

Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

7.9/ 1019261h 19mEN

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie 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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Directed by Clyde Bruckman

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Johnnie Gray

Marion Mack

Marion Mack

Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender

Glen Cavender

Captain Anderson

Jim Farley

Jim Farley

General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom

Frederick Vroom

A Southern General

Frank Barnes

Annabelle's Brother

Charles Henry Smith

Annabelle's Father

Joe Keaton

Joe Keaton

Union General

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