Overview - The General

Date of release

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • War

Runtime: 79 minutes

Homepage: The General

Budget

$750,000.00

Revenue

$1,000,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • No Language

Production companies

  • Name: Joseph M. Schenck Productions

    Production country

  • Name: Buster Keaton Productions

    Production country United States of America

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Buster Keaton

    Character: Johnnie Gray

    Popularity: 10.13

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  • Name: Marion Mack

    Character: Annabelle Lee

    Popularity: 2.088

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  • Name: Glen Cavender

    Character: Captain Anderson

    Popularity: 0.837

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  • Name: Jim Farley

    Character: General Thatcher

    Popularity: 0.4

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  • Name: Frederick Vroom

    Character: A Southern General

    Popularity: 0.373

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  • Name: Frank Barnes

    Character: Annabelle's Brother

    Popularity: 0.215

  • Name: Charles Henry Smith

    Character: Annabelle's Father

    Popularity: 2.057

  • Name: Joe Keaton

    Character: Union General

    Popularity: 5.289

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