The General
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
Rating: 7.9 out of 10TMDB(1.5K votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $1M worldwide, about 1.3 times its $750K budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Santa Monica and Cottage Grove
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Setting
Set in Tennessee
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Music
Music by Carl Davis
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bert Haines and Devereux Jennings
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Buster KeatonScreenplay
- Clyde BruckmanScreenplay
- William PittengerBook
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 25, 1926
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $750K
- Revenue
- $1M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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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)
- Jimmy BryantRaider (uncredited)
- Sergeant BukowskiOfficer (uncredited)
- C.C. CrusonOfficer (uncredited)
- Jack DempsterRaider (uncredited)
- Keith FennellSoldier (uncredited)
Budd FineRaider (uncredited)- Eddie FosterUnion Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
- Ronald GilstrapUnion Soldier (uncredited)
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