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The General (1927)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Comedy, Romance, War
Release Date:February 5, 1927
Running time:79 minutes
Cast:Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Henry Smith, Glen Cavender, Richard Allen
Director:Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Producer:Joseph M. Schenck
Writer:Al Boasberg, Clyde Bruckman
Distributor:United Artists Films

Description: Johnnie loves two things: his train and the lovely Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War breaks out he enlists as a soldier, but it is decided that he is too valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it is because he is a coward. When Union spies capture Johnnie with Annabelle on board, Johnnie "The General" must rescue both his loves.

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