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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.
Language
Budget$750,000
Revenue $1,000,000
No Language
Budget$750,000
Revenue $1,000,000
Keywords
cannon
army
general
southern usa
spy
fiancé
bridge
engineer
attack
black and white
train
silent film
behind enemy lines
american civil war
Casts

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)
Jimmy Bryant
Raider (uncredited)
Sergeant Bukowski
Officer (uncredited)
C.C. Cruson
Officer (uncredited)
Jack Dempster
Raider (uncredited)
Keith Fennell
Soldier (uncredited)

Budd Fine
Raider (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
Ronald Gilstrap
Union Soldier (uncredited)

Frank Hagney
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)

Ray Hanford
Raider (uncredited)
Jack Hanlon
Bit Part (uncredited)
Al Hanson
Raider (uncredited)
Anthony Harvey
Raider (uncredited)

Edward Hearn
Union Officer (uncredited)

Hilliard Karr
Soldier (uncredited)

Elgin Lessley
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Louis Lewyn
Soldier (uncredited)
Jackie Lowe
Boy Who Follows Johnny (uncredited)
Billy Lynn
Soldier (uncredited)
Ross McCutcheon
Raider (uncredited)
Tom Moran
Raider (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
Raider (uncredited)
Red Rial
Raider (uncredited)

Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Harold Terry
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Thomas
Raider (uncredited)
Red Thompson
Raider (uncredited)
James Walsh
Soldier (uncredited)
Kenneth Hawley Ward
Soldier (uncredited)
John Wilson
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Jean Woodward
(uncredited)
Crews

Clyde Bruckman
Director

Buster Keaton
Director

Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay

Buster Keaton
Screenplay

Buster Keaton
Producer
Joseph M. Schenck
Producer
Bert Haines
Director of Photography
Devereaux Jennings
Director of Photography

Buster Keaton
Editor
Sherman Kell
Editor
Fred Gabourie
Art Direction
Harry Roselotte
Set Decoration
Fred Carlton Ryle
Makeup Artist
Fred Gabourie
Production Manager

Edward Hearn
Assistant Director

Glen Cavender
Second Unit
Frank Barnes
Construction Foreman

Buster Keaton
Stunts
Earl Mohan
Stunts
Frank Barnes
Grip
Dal Clawson
Still Photographer
Elmer Ellsworth
Camera Operator
Byron Houck
Camera Operator
Harry J. Wild
First Assistant Camera
Harry Brand
Production Coordinator
Al Boasberg
Adaptation
Charles Henry Smith
Adaptation
William Pittenger
Book
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