The General (1926)

8.4	Listal rating
8.3	IMDB rating

Silent (9), Comedy (9), 1920s (7), War (6), 1927 (4), Action (4), Train (4), Usa (4), B/w (3), American Civil War (3), IMDb Top250 (3), Romance (3), Imdb 250 (2), 300 Greatest Films (2), Black And White (2), 20's (2), Classic (2), Locomotive (2), Black & White (2), (1)

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Union soldiers have stolen The General, a Confederate train manned by Johnnie Gray, who was unable to enlist in the Confederate army because he is needed as an engineer. The Union plans to use the train to supply its soldiers in a sneak attack against the Confederates. But now it's up to Gray and his love, Annabelle Lee, to reclaim The General, rec ... (more)

Directed by

Clyde Bruckman

Buster Keaton

Starring (View all) :

Annabelle Lee

Captain Anderson

General Thatcher

A Southern General

Annabelle's Father

Annabelle's Brother

Union General

Union General

Union General

Johnny Gray

Written by (View all) :

Buster Keaton

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Clyde Bruckman

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Buster Keaton's best.

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Apr 30 3:22

"If you lose this war don't blame me." The 1920s was the era for old black and white movie comedies. This era was ruled by three factions: Charlie Chaplin, The Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton. The General is a very short (75-minute) but classic silent film from Keaton. Back in the days when these films were released it was pivotal to include a bunch of fantastically hilarious sight gags to keep the audience entertained for the film's duration. Because silent movies are images being shown to simple piano music these sight gags were a necessity. Up until I finally watched this movie I would never have known how side-splitting the humour of 1920's slapstick truly is. As much as I love watching Charlie Chaplin's old movies, Keaton is also a guru when it comes to his art of being an acro...Read more

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Buster Keaton's best.