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The General

“Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.”

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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.

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Writers: Al Boasberg, Buster Keaton, William Pittenger
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Release date: 25 December 1926
Budget: $750,000
Box office: $1,000,000