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The General is a film produced by Joseph M. Schenck Productions and Buster Keaton Productions in the United States of America. Directed by Clyde Bruckman, the movie has a runtime of 79 minutes. Its tagline describes Buster driving "The General" to a trainload of laughter. The production involved a budget of 750000 and generated revenue of 1000000.
The film was released on December 25, 1926, with additional publication dates listed as April 4, 1927, January 1, 1926, and December 26, 1926. It is categorized under the status of Released. Keywords associated with the title include cannon, army, general, southern usa, and spy. Review scores for the film include a 9.2 out of 10 rating and a 92% score.
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Film · TMDB
7.9During 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.
Cast
- Buster Keaton as Johnnie Gray
- Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee
- Glen Cavender as Captain Anderson
- Jim Farley as General Thatcher
- Frederick Vroom as A Southern General
- Frank Barnes as Annabelle's Brother
Themes
- cannon
- army
- general
- southern usa
- spy
- fiancé
- bridge
- engineer
- attack
- black and white
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Buster Keaton , Clyde Bruckman
- Screenplay by
- Al Boasberg , Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Charles Smith
- Based on
- The Great Locomotive Chase , 1863 memoir Union soldier, by William Pittenger
- Produced by
- Joseph Schenck , Buster Keaton
- Starring
- Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
- Cinematography
- Devereaux Jennings , Bert Haines
- Edited by
- Buster Keaton, Sherman Kell
- Music by
- William P. Perry (1970)
- Production companies
- Buster Keaton Productions, Joseph M. Schenck Productions
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- December 31, 1926 ( 1926-12-31 ) (Tokyo) February 5, 1927 ( 1927-02-05 ) (New York City)
- Running time
- 79 minutes (8 reels) (times vary with different versions)
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- Silent film , English intertitles
- Budget
- $750,000
- Box office
- $1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- silent film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- train
- Director
- Clyde Bruckman
- Screenwriter
- Buster Keaton
- Cast member
- Al St. John
- Composer
- Carl Davis
- Producer
- Joseph M. Schenck
- Narrative location
- Tennessee
- Filming location
- Cottage Grove
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 228751
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The General, front.jpg
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- Commons category
- The General
- publication date
- 1927-02-24
- title
- The General
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 415232
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- copyright status
- public domain
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- train
- review score
- 92%
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