If you loved Captains Courageous, try The General

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theysit in Adventure / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Captains Courageous, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The General is

Here's a movie that knows exactly what it is and does not care what you think. A Confederate train engineer pursues Union spies who have stolen his locomotive and, purely coincidentally, his girl. It is difficult to imagine a better silent film about trains, or a more earnest one.

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