The General
Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.
The General (1926)
Timing:
1:19 (79 min)
7.919/10
1387
1387
7.929/10
9224
9224
8.1/10
106000
106000
Country
Genre
Comedy, War, Adventure, Action, History, Romance
Budget
$750 000
Revenue
$1 000 000
Director
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Actors
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Frank Barnes, Charles Henry Smith, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Bert Haines
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The battle scene involved 500 soldiers from the Oregon National Guard.
- The film's script is based on an episode from the American Civil War involving the hijacking of a locomotive and the subsequent chase, as described by former Union Corporal William Pittenger in his 1863 book, “Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure.”
- The battle scene at Rock River between the Southerners and Northerners was filmed simultaneously with six cameras. Several extras were injured during the explosions, and Buster Keaton was injured by the blast wave.
- "The General" was re-released in 1962 at the initiative of a Munich distributor and achieved widespread success.
- The scene with the train crash and the collapse of the bridge over the river was the most expensive scene in the history of silent cinema.
- The final battle scene caused a forest fire, which the entire film crew extinguished.
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