The General
Director(s): Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman
Country: United States
Language: Silent Film
Live Action | 1926 | 84 min
Genre: Classic, Historical
Recommended for all ages
Country: United States
Language: Silent Film
Live Action | 1926 | 84 min
Genre: Classic, Historical
Recommended for all ages
Themes: creative expression, family, friendship, non-conformity, perseverance, resilience, romance, stereotypes, war
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. Rejected by the Confederate army and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), young Johnny Gray (Keaton) is given a chance to redeem himself when Yankee spies steal his cherished locomotive (“The General”). Johnny wages a one-man war against hijackers, an errant cannon and the unpredictable hand of fate while roaring along the iron rails.