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Directed by Buster Keaton,
Clyde BruckmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Historical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Buster Keaton,
Marion Mack,
Boris Karloff,
Glen Cavender,
Joe Keaton,
Frederick VroomRating80%
Western & Atlantic Railroad train engineer Johnnie Gray (Keaton) is in Marietta, Georgia to see one of the two loves of his life, his fiancee Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack)—the other being his locomotive, The General—when the American Civil War breaks out. He hurries to be first in line to sign up with the Confederate Army, but is rejected because he is too valuable in his present job; unfortunately, Johnnie is not told this reason and is forcibly ejected from the office when he tries to enlist surreptitiously. On leaving, he runs into Annabelle's father and brother, who beckon to him to join them in line, but he sadly walks away, giving them the impression that he does not want to enlist. Annabelle coldly informs Johnnie that she will not speak to him again until he is in uniform., 1h8
Directed by W. S. Van DykeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Adventure,
Historical,
WesternThemes Political filmsActors Tim McCoy,
Joan Crawford,
Edward Connelly,
Roy D'Arcy,
Louise Lorraine,
Edward HearnRating32%