The General

Directed by Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

Written by Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Al Boasberg, Charles Henry Smith, William Pittenger

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

Johnnie Gray

Marion Mack

Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender

Captain Anderson

Jim Farley

General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom

A Southern General

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Frank Barnes

Annabelle's Brother

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Charles Henry Smith

Annabelle's Father

Joe Keaton

Union General

Mike Donlin

Union General

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Tom Nawn

Union General

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Henry Baird

Soldier (uncredited)

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Joe Bricher

Soldier (uncredited)