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The General

1926 · Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman

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Rejected by the Confederate army at the start of the Civil War, Southern railroad engineer Johnnie Gray is thought a coward by his sweetheart Annabelle. When Union spies steal his beloved locomotive, The General, with Annabelle aboard, he gives chase alone deep into enemy territory and has to steal it back.

Directors
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Studio
Buster Keaton Productions, Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Starring
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack