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The General

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The General
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NR,1hr 19min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Released:
February 5, 1927
Directors:
Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Distributor:
United Artists Films
Starring:
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender  ...more
Synopsis: Buster Keaton plays Johnny Gray, a Southern railroad engineer who loves his train engine, The General, almost as much as he loves Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack). When the opening shots of the Civil War are fired at Fort Sumter, Johnny tries to enlist -- and he is deemed too useful as an engineer to be a soldier. All Johnny knows is that he's been rejected, and Annabelle, thinking him a coward, turns her back on him. When Northern spies steal the General (and, unwittingly, Annabelle), the story switches ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Buster Keaton perfectly balanced romance, action and comedy in his most admired film and personal favorite, a Civil War story about an engineer and his eponymous locomotive. Based on a true incident involving a hijacked Confederate train, Keaton strove to make the film as authentic as possible, shooting on location in Oregon to get the proper track gauge and sinking an actual locomotive engine at the ... Full Review
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Buster Keaton
Johnnie Gray
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Capt. Anderson
Jim Farley
Gen, Thatcher
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