The General
Buster Keaton's 1926 silent masterpiece. A Confederate engineer pursues his stolen locomotive through enemy territory during the Civil War.
Comedy
Action
Cast
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Director
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton Productions for United Artists, 1926; directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman · Public domain in the US (copyright term expired) · Source
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Chapters
- 0:00 Opening titles
- 1:09 Marietta, Georgia, 1861
- 4:59 Johnnie tries to enlist
- 11:45 The raiders' plan
- 13:17 The General is stolen
- 15:47 The chase north
- 31:16 Behind enemy lines
- 33:27 Night at the Union headquarters
- 38:30 Escape into the storm
- 42:40 Morning in the woods
- 45:31 Stealing the General back
- 47:15 The chase south
- 1:00:28 Burning the bridge
- 1:04:17 Warning the army
- 1:06:45 The battle at Rock River
- 1:13:36 Lieutenant Gray
