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The General

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Calorie Rating: 110
Released: 1926-12-25
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 78 Minutes
Budget: 750000
Revenue 1000000
Studios: Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions,


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.

Director / Directors

Edward Hearn
Assistant Director



Cast

Buster Keaton
Character: Johnnie Gray
Marion Mack
Character: Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Character: Captain Anderson

Jim Farley
Character: General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
Character: A Southern General
Frank Barnes
Character: Annabelle's Brother

Charles Henry Smith
Character: Annabelle's Father
Joe Keaton
Character: Union General
Mike Donlin
Character: Union General

Tom Nawn
Character: Union General
Henry Baird
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Bricher
Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Jimmy Bryant
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Sergeant Bukowski
Character: Officer (uncredited)
C.C. Cruson
Character: Officer (uncredited)

Jack Dempster
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Keith Fennell
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Character: Raider (uncredited)

Eddie Foster
Character: Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
Ronald Gilstrap
Character: Union Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Character: Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)

Ray Hanford
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Jack Hanlon
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Al Hanson
Character: Raider (uncredited)

Anthony Harvey
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Character: Union Officer (uncredited)
Hilliard Karr
Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Elgin Lessley
Character: Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Louis Lewyn
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Jackie Lowe
Character: Boy Who Follows Johnny (uncredited)

Billy Lynn
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Ross McCutcheon
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Tom Moran
Character: Raider (uncredited)

Charles Phillips
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Red Rial
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Al St. John
Character: Officer on Horseback (uncredited)

Harold Terry
Character: Union Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Thomas
Character: Raider (uncredited)
Red Thompson
Character: Raider (uncredited)

James Walsh
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Kenneth Hawley Ward
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
John Wilson
Character: Union Soldier (uncredited)

Jean Woodward
Character: (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Fred Gabourie
Art Direction
Buster Keaton
Screenplay
Harry Roselotte
Set Decoration

Devereaux Jennings
Director of Photography

Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay

Bert Haines
Director of Photography
Fred Carlton Ryle
Makeup Artist

Byron Houck
Camera Operator
Fred Gabourie
Production Manager

Dal Clawson
Still Photographer
Elmer Ellsworth
Camera Operator

Harry J. Wild
First Assistant Camera
Glen Cavender
Second Unit
Frank Barnes
Construction Foreman

Harry Brand
Production Coordinator

Al Boasberg
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