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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Buster Keaton | Johnnie Gray |
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Marion Mack | Annabelle Lee |
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Glen Cavender | Captain Anderson |
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Jim Farley | General Thatcher |
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Frederick Vroom | A Southern General |
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Frank Barnes | Her Brother |
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Charles Henry Smith | Her Father |
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Joe Keaton | Union General |
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Mike Donlin | Union General |
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Tom Nawn | Union General |
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Henry Baird | Soldier |
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Joe Bricher | Soldier |
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Jimmy Bryant | Raider |
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Sergeant Bukowski | Officer |
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C.C. Cruson | Officer |
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Jack Dempster | Raider |
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Keith Fennell | Soldier |
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Budd Fine | Raider |
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Eddie Foster | Union Railroad Fireman |
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Ronald Gilstrap | Union Soldier |
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Frank Hagney | Confederate Recruiter |
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Ray Hanford | Raider |
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Jack Hanlon | Bit Part |
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Al Hanson | Raider |
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Anthony Harvey | Raider |
Director | Clyde Bruckman |
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Buster Keaton |
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Writer | Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, Al Boasberg, Charles Henry SMITH, William Pittenger, Paul Girard Smith | |
Producer | Buster Keaton, Joseph M. Schenck | |
Musician | The Alloy Orchestra, Carl Davis, Robert Israel, Konrad Elfers, Joe Hisaishi | |
Photography | Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings |