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The General is a 1926 American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger.
With Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley. After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- 1927-01-02
One of the most revered comedies of the silent era, this film finds hapless Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) facing off against Union soldiers...
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- Buster Keaton
- Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- United Artists
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Apr 17, 2022 · When union spies steal his locomotive (along with his girlfriend), a plucky railway engineer pursues them doggedly across enemy lines. Containing one of the most memorable chase sequences in the history of filmmaking, The General is widely considered to be Keaton’s masterpiece.
- 79 min
May 31, 1997 · Consider an opening sequence in "The General” (1927), his masterpiece about a Southern railway engineer who has "only two loves in his life” -- his locomotive and the beautiful Annabelle Lee. Early in the film, Keaton, dressed in his Sunday best, walks to his girl's house.
The General is one of the greatest films ever made. There's no use trying to avoid exaggeration on this point. The story is simple: A railway engineer caught up in the civil war makes good, and saves his girl from the enemy.
