The General
“Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.”
- 1926
- 1h 19m
- NR
★ 7.9 TMDB Rating · 1.5K votes
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
- Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- Release date
- Dec 25, 1926
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of The General
Buster Keaton
Johnnie Gray
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Brother
Charles Henry Smith
Annabelle's Father
Joe Keaton
Union General
Mike Donlin
Union General
Tom Nawn
Union General
Henry Baird
Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Bricher
Soldier (uncredited)
Where to Stream The General by Country
- United States
- Streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, PhiloRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on Prime Video, MUBI, ArtiflixRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube Movies
- India
- Streaming on Artiflix, Plex
- Canada
- Streaming on Prime Video, FlixFling, ArtiflixRent or buy on Apple TV Store, FlixFling
- Australia
- Streaming on Prime Video, Beamafilm, ArtiflixRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Beamafilm
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The General Trailer
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