Comedy · War · Romance
The General
Avg rating 8.4 / My rating TBC
1926 · Directed by Buster Keaton · With Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender
- Silent Cinema
- Comedy
- War Film
In the American Civil War, a young Southern railroad engineer cares about two things above all: his locomotive and the woman he hopes to marry. When both are taken from him, he sets out after them alone. A comic adventure built almost entirely on a single long chase.
Film info
- Runtime
- 1h 19m · 79 min
- Format
- Silent, black and white, standard square-ish frame. Intertitles are sparse; the story is told mostly through images.
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (104,099 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 92% (critics)
- TMDB
- 7.9 / 10 (audience, 1,469 votes)
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