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The General

1926

Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman

Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley ...

8.3

29,675

Comedy Johnny Gray is the engineer for the Western and Atlantic Flyer, and his engine is named "The General." There are two loves in Johnny's life, "The General" and Annabelle Lee. During a visit to Annabelle's home, her brother comes in and announces that Fort Sumter has been fired upon, and, immediately, he and Annabelle's father go to enlist in the Southern cause. Johnny does, too, but he is rejected because "he is more valuable to the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Mordaunt Hall The New York Times	"The production itself is singularly well mounted, but the fun is not exactly plentiful."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Keaton displays extraordinary and insouciant athleticism (...) His stunts and sight gags, perfectly framed and presented for maximum clarity and comic impact, fit perfectly into an ambitious action epic (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"An almost perfect entertainment"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Keaton's (...) silent films. They have such a graceful perfection, such a meshing of story, character and episode, that they unfold like music (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Almost certainly the funniest silent film ever made (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Simon Braud Empire	"One of the greatest screen comedies ever made (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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