The General (1926)

Cast

Buster Keaton

Johnny Gray

Marion Mack

Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender

Captain Anderson

Jim Farley

General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom

A Southern General

Charles Henry Smith

Annabelle's Father

Frank Barnes

Annabelle's Brother

Joe Keaton

Union General

Mike Donlin

Union General

Tom Nawn

Union General

Al St. John

Officer on Horseback (uncredited)

Jimmy Bryant

Raider (uncredited)

Budd Fine

Raider (uncredited)

Ray Hanford

Raider (uncredited)

Charles Phillips

Raider (uncredited)

Eddie Foster

Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)

Jack Hanlon

Bit Part (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Union Officer (uncredited)

Hilliard Karr

Soldier (uncredited)

Louis Lewyn

Soldier (uncredited)

Elgin Lessley

Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)

Synopsis

During America’s Civil War Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive The General - his lady love, Annabelle Lee, aboard an attached boxcar - and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle. Released throughout most of the world in 1927, this Silent comedy-action film flopped when originally released, but now is regarded as one of the great American motion pictures. The story is based on actual historic events.

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