About
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie 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.
Cast
Buster Keaton
Johnny Gray
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Charles Henry Smith
Annabelle's Father
Joe Keaton
Union General
Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Brother
Keywords
silent film train army attack engineer southern usa spy bridge general behind enemy lines fiancé cannon american civil war
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#198 on IMDb top 250 IMDb
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