The General (1926)
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
78 min
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.
- Release date
- December 25, 1926
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $750,000
- Box office
- $1,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Buster Keaton as Johnnie Gray
- Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee
- Glen Cavender as Captain Anderson
- Jim Farley as General Thatcher
- Frederick Vroom as A Southern General
- Frank Barnes as Her Brother
- Charles Henry Smith as Her Father
- Joe Keaton as Union General
- Mike Donlin as Union General
- Tom Nawn as Union General
Crew
- Clyde Bruckman · Director
- Buster Keaton · Director
- Buster Keaton · Writer
- Clyde Bruckman · Writer
- Al Boasberg · Writer
- Charles Henry Smith · Writer
- The Alloy Orchestra · Composer
- Carl Davis · Composer
- Robert Israel · Composer
- Bert Haines · Cinematographer
- Devereaux Jennings · Cinematographer