# The General (1926)

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**Runtime**: 79 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War, Romance, Drama
**Directed by**: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
**Written by**: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
**Starring**: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Frank Barnes

> *Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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