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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%. Scores higher than 77% of the 60 1920s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 19m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
1,454 audience votes
Key crew
- Buster KeatonScreenplay
- Clyde BruckmanDirector
- Buster KeatonDirector
- Clyde BruckmanScreenplay
Cast
- Buster KeatonJohnnie Gray
- Marion MackAnnabelle Lee
- Glen CavenderCaptain Anderson
- Jim FarleyGeneral Thatcher
- Frederick VroomA Southern General
- Frank BarnesAnnabelle's Brother
- Charles Henry SmithAnnabelle's Father
- Joe KeatonUnion General
- Mike DonlinUnion General
- Tom NawnUnion General
- Henry BairdSoldier (uncredited)
- Joe BricherSoldier (uncredited)
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Themes
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The General is #7 of 60
