The General
75 minutes,
USA (1926), U
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(4.9 / 32 votes)
(4.9 / 32 votes)
There's love, locomotives and laughs galore in this great silent comedy starring, co-written and directed by the inimitable Buster Keaton and set during the American Civil War
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The General: Film critics can be mighty myopic at times. When The General was released in 1926, they rubbed their bleary eyes and pretty much dismissed it. Audiences stayed away. Keaton, who had persuaded United Artists to lavish huge sums of money on his long-cherished project, began a slippery slide into the world of alcohol - and took his career with him...
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