The General
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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11 January 1863, Scotland, UK
4 August 1906, Russia
20 March 1884, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
6 July 1867, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
8 January 1882, Waldron, Arkansas, USA
1875, Indiana, USA
11 November 1857, Clement, Nova Scotia, Canada
8 April 1902
September 6, 1888 in Dayton, Washington, USA
30 May 1878, Peoria, Illinois, USA
19 September 1883, Tucson, Arizona, USA
10 September 1893, Santa Ana, California, USA
12 July 1866, Germany
4 October 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA
January 20, 2014
A jaw-plunging blend of physical dexterity and bravura moviemaking.
September 05, 2011
[VIDEO ESSAY] There was only one Buster Keaton. "The General" is his swansong.
June 25, 2011
One of Buster Keaton's most hilarious and most popular comedies
January 23, 2014
A hilarious comedy and a thrilling action film. The General has it all.
March 25, 2006
This is by no means so good as Mr. Keaton's previous efforts.
January 23, 2014
The film boasts the most sustained passages of virtuoso slapstick genius Keaton ever shot, and an unflagging momentum that lets it get away with being a reel longer than most of his best-known pictures.
January 01, 2000
[Keaton's films] have such a graceful perfection, such a meshing of story, character and episode, that they unfold like music.
January 11, 2008
An almost perfect entertainment.
January 23, 2014
This is a silent film worth making a noise about.
June 24, 2006
Only superlatives will do to describe Keaton's hilarious Civil War dramatic comedy.
September 23, 2014
In these times when all risk is assumed by CGI effects, Keaton's squealing funny, exquisitely timed, death-defying leaps are all the more breathtaking.
January 11, 2008
The result is a flop.
