# The General (1926)

The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-general-1926/

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1926
- By: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-general-1926_202505)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/the-general-1926_202505?play=1)