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The General
1926
· Movie
· 78 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #193
- IMDb #254
- Rotten Tomatoes #352
- Letterboxd #259
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #802
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #362
Every rating
76–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the American Civil War, a Confederate train engineer, Johnnie Gray, is rejected for military service. When his locomotive, "The General," is stolen by Union spies who also kidnap his beloved, he pursues them single-handedly deep into enemy territory. His daring chase becomes a one-man rescue mission and a desperate attempt to warn his army of an impending attack.
Details
- Directors
- Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
- Writers
- Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
- Released
- 25 December 1926
- Country
- United States
- Language
- None
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $750.0K
- Box office
- $1.0M
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Awards
3 wins & 1 nomination total
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