- Country: USA
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Release: 1927-01-02
- Director: Clyde Bruckman , Buster Keaton
- Writers: Buster Keaton , Clyde Bruckman , Al Boasberg , Charles Henry Smith
- Language: None
- Stars: Buster Keaton , Marion Mack , Glen Cavender , Jim Farley , Frederick Vroom , Frank Barnes , Charles Henry Smith , Joe Keaton , Mike Donlin , Tom Nawn
- Runtime: 78 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: Der General (Austria) , Dagens helt (Norway) , The General , The General (Israel) , Frigo na mašině (Czech Republic) , La General (Mexico) , Le mécano de la 'Général' (France, French Republic) , El maquinista de La General (Spain) , Pamplinas Maquinista (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The General (Australia) , The General (Canada) , The General (Canada) , Generolas (Lithuania) , O stratigos (Greece) , Паровоз Генерал (Russian Federation) , Frigo na masine (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , General (Slovenia) , Il generale (Italy) , Generalen (Norway) , Mecanicul Generalei (Romania) , Генерал (Serbia) , キートン将軍 (Japan) , A General (Brazil) , Generalen (Denmark) , Keaton no Dai Ressha Tsuiseki (Japan) , General (Turkey) , The General (United States of America) , Generalen (Finland) , The General (Singapore) , Generał (Poland) , Генерал (Ukraine) , Több mint generális (Hungary) , A generális (Hungary) , 将军号 (China) , Le mécano de la Générale (France, French Republic) , General (Brazil) , The General (United Kingdom) , Så går det till i krig (Sweden) , Паровоз Генерал , La General (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Генералът (Bulgaria) , The Engine Driver (United States of America) , Krig og Kærlighed (Denmark) , Der General (Germany) , Kenraali (Finland) , General (Croatia) , The General (Netherlands the) , A Glória de Pamplinas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Mecanicul (Romania) , 將軍號 (Taiwan) , Come vinsi la guerra (Italy) , El maquinista de La General (Argentina) , Ο στρατηγός (Greece)A General, A Generális, A Glória de Pamplinas, Come vinsi la guerra, Der General, El general, El maquinista de La General, Frigo na masine, General, Generalen, Il generale, Kenraali, Krig og Kærlighed, Le mécano de la 'Général', Le mécano de la Générale, Mecanicul, O stratigos, Pamplinas Maquinista, Så går det till i krig, Ο στρατηγός, Генералът, Паровоз Генерал, 将军, 将军号
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0017925
The General Cast · · · ALL
Clyde Bruckman
Director
Buster Keaton
Director
Buster Keaton
Johnny Gray
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Charles Henry Smith
Annabelle's Father
Joe Keaton
Union General
Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Brother
Mike Donlin
Union General
Tom Nawn
Union General
Jimmy Bryant
Raider (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Raider (uncredited)
Ray Hanford
Raider (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
Raider (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)
Jack Hanlon
Bit Part (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Union Officer (uncredited)
Hilliard Karr
Soldier (uncredited)
Louis Lewyn
Soldier (uncredited)
Elgin Lessley
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)