Rotten
The result is a flop.
Variety Staff, Variety
The General
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
1926 · 1h 19m · Passed
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
Directed by
Clyde Bruckman
,
Buster Keaton
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Clyde Bruckman Director
- Buster Keaton Director
- Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray
- Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee
- Glen Cavender as Captain Anderson
- Jim Farley as General Thatcher
- Frederick Vroom as A Southern General
- Charles Henry Smith as Annabelle's Father (as Charles Smith)
- Frank Barnes as Annabelle's Brother
- Joe Keaton as Union General
- Mike Donlin Cast
- Tom Nawn Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An almost perfect entertainment.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
This is by no means so good as Mr. Keaton's previous efforts.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Fresh
[Keaton's films] have such a graceful perfection, such a meshing of story, character and episode, that they unfold like music.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Only superlatives will do to describe Keaton's hilarious Civil War dramatic comedy.
Time Out
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