The General poster
Director Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman

The General

Tagline: Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.

Release Date: 1926-12-25

Duration: 79 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Buster Keaton
    Johnnie Gray
  • Louis Lewyn
    Soldier (uncredited)
  • Joe Keaton
    Union General
  • Frederick Vroom
    A Southern General
  • Al St. John
    Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
  • Edward Hearn
    Union Officer (uncredited)
  • Frank Hagney
    Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)
  • Mike Donlin
    Union General
  • Eddie Foster
    Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
  • Jim Farley
    General Thatcher