The General

January. 15,1927      NR
Rating:
8.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Buster Keaton as  Johnny Gray
Marion Mack as  Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender as  Captain Anderson
Jim Farley as  General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom as  A Southern General
Joe Keaton as  Union General
Al St. John as  Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Mike Donlin as  Union General
Budd Fine as  Raider (uncredited)
Frank Hagney as  Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)

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