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The General

  The Film:
 
from United Artists

Directed by
Buster Keaton
Clyde Bruckman

Starring
Marion Mack (Annabelle Lee)
Charles Smith (Mr. Lee)
Frank Barnes (His Son)
Glen Cavender (Captain Anderson)
Jim Farley (General Thatcher)
Frederick Vroom (Southern General)
Joe Keaton (Union General)
Mike Donlin (Union General)
Tom Nawn (Union General)
Buster Keaton (Johnnie Gray)

Written by
Al Boasberg (adaptation)
Clyde Bruckman (adaptation)
Buster Keaton
William Pittenger (novel The Great Locomotive Chase)
Charlie Smith
 

The General (1927)Buster Keaton stars as Johnnie Gray, a Southern railroad engineer during the time of the Civil War whose beloved locomotive along with his girl Marion Mack (Annabbelle Lee) are stolen by Yankee spies. Classic Buster Keaton as he uses everymeans at his disposal (handcart, bike, train) to recapture his lost loves.
 

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