The General (VHS - 1927)

Synopsis

• The two things engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) loves most in the world are his Southern belle sweetheart and his locomotive. When Northern spies steal the latter, the intrepid Confederate single-handedly takes on the entire Union army in order to get it back. Against a backdrop of magnificently photographed Civil War battle scenes unfolds one of the great chases in movie history. Set almost entirely aboard moving trains, Keaton's THE GENERAL is physical comedy refined to elegant perfection and widely considered to be the actor-director's greatest film.

Cast & Crew

• Director
  Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
• Star
  Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes, Joe Keaton

Awards

Genre

• Comedies > Civil War, Classic, Silent, Slapstick, Vintage, Recommended, Essential Cinema

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