The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Buster Keaton
Johnny Gray / Director / Screenplay / Producer / Editor / Stunts
Marion Mack
Annabelle Lee
Glen Cavender
Captain Anderson / Second Unit
Jim Farley
General Thatcher
Frederick Vroom
A Southern General
Charles Henry Smith
Annabelle's Father / Adaptation
Joe Keaton
Union General
Al St. John
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Brother / Construction Foreman / Grip
Mike Donlin
Union General
Tom Nawn
Union General
Jimmy Bryant
Raider (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Raider (uncredited)
Ray Hanford
Raider (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
Raider (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)
Jack Hanlon
Bit Part (uncredited)
Carl Davis
Composer
Edward Hearn
Union Officer (uncredited) / Assistant Director
Robert Israel
Composer
Hilliard Karr
Soldier (uncredited)
Louis Lewyn
Soldier (uncredited)
Elgin Lessley
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1926
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Content RatingNR
Budget$750,000
Box Office$1,000,000
Filming LocationsSanta Monica · Cottage Grove, United States of America
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Wiki.
The General is a 1926 American silent slapstick Western action 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. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton, who also directed it along with Clyde Bruckman.
At the time of its initial release, The General, an action comedy film made toward the end of the silent era, was not well received by critics and audiences, resulting in mediocre box office returns (about half a million dollars domestically, and approximately one million worldwide). Because of its then-huge budget ($750,000 supplied by Metro chief Joseph Schenck) and failure to turn a significant profit, Keaton lost his independence as a filmmaker and was forced into a restrictive deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
In 1954, the film entered the public domain in the United States because its claimant did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.The General has since been reevaluated, and is now often ranked among the greatest American films ever made. In 1989, it was selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the first class of films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".