
The General
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.
Top Billed Cast

Buster Keaton
Johnnie Gray

Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee

Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson

Jim Farley
General Thatcher

Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Featured Crew

Buster Keaton
Producer
Devereaux Jennings
Director of Photography

Joseph M. Schenck
Producer
Bert Haines
Director of Photography

Buster Keaton
Screenplay

Clyde Bruckman
Director

Buster Keaton
Director
Harry Roselotte
Set Decoration

Buster Keaton
Editor

Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay
Sherman Kell
Editor
Fred Gabourie
Art Direction