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Quick Info

Rating

7.9/10

Release1926

Runtime1h 19m

StatusReleased

Budget$750,000

Revenue$1,000,000

Production

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Buster Keaton Productions

Movie

The General

1926

1h 19m

7.9

Action

Adventure

Comedy

War

Romance

Synopsis

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.

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