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The General
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Johnnie loves two things: his train and the lovely Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War breaks out he enlists as a soldier, but it is decided that he is too valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it is because he is a coward. When Union spies capture Johnnie with Annabelle on board, Johnnie 'The General' must rescue both his loves.
Johnnie loves two things: his train and the lovely Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War breaks out he enlists as a soldier, but it is decided that he is too valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it is because he is a coward. When Union spies capture Johnnie with Annabelle on board, Johnnie 'The General' must rescue both his loves.
Actors:
Joe Keaton,
Glen Cavender,
Jim Farley,
Frank Barnes,
Buster Keaton,
Mike Donlin,
Frederick Vroom
Joe Keaton
6 July 1867, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Glen Cavender
19 September 1883, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jim Farley
8 January 1882, Waldron, Arkansas, USA
Frank Barnes
1875, Indiana, USA
Buster Keaton
4 October 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA
Mike Donlin
30 May 1878, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Frederick Vroom
11 November 1857, Clement, Nova Scotia, Canada
Director:
Clyde Bruckman ,
Buster Keaton
Clyde Bruckman
30 June 1894, San Bernardino, California, USA
Buster Keaton
4 October 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA
Country:
United States
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September 05, 2011
[VIDEO ESSAY] There was only one Buster Keaton. "The General" is his swansong.
January 23, 2014
A hilarious comedy and a thrilling action film. The General has it all.
June 24, 2006
Only superlatives will do to describe Keaton's hilarious Civil War dramatic comedy.
June 25, 2011
One of Buster Keaton's most hilarious and most popular comedies
New York Times
March 25, 2006
This is by no means so good as Mr. Keaton's previous efforts.
January 23, 2014
The film boasts the most sustained passages of virtuoso slapstick genius Keaton ever shot, and an unflagging momentum that lets it get away with being a reel longer than most of his best-known pictures.
January 11, 2008
The result is a flop.
January 23, 2014
This is a silent film worth making a noise about.
January 01, 2000
[Keaton's films] have such a graceful perfection, such a meshing of story, character and episode, that they unfold like music.
January 20, 2014
A jaw-plunging blend of physical dexterity and bravura moviemaking.
January 11, 2008
An almost perfect entertainment.
September 23, 2014
In these times when all risk is assumed by CGI effects, Keaton's squealing funny, exquisitely timed, death-defying leaps are all the more breathtaking.