The General Movie Review 1926

Keaton's masterpiece and arguably the most formally perfect and funniest of silent comedies. Concerns a plucky Confederate soldier who single-handedly retrieves a pivotal train from Northern territory. Full of eloquent man-vs-machinery images and outrageous sight gags. Remade as "The Great Locomotive Chase" in 1956 with Fess Parker.

Distribution

Glenn Video Vistas Ltd., 6024 Canby Ave., Ste. 103, Reseda, CA 91335, Phone: (818)881-8110

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 78 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Silent Films, Civil War, Trains, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Clyde Bruckman, Al Boasberg, Charles Henry Smith, Buster Keaton

Cast

Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Joe Keaton, Frederick Vroom, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes, Mike Donlin

Cinematography

Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings

Director

Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

Producer

Buster Keaton, Joseph Schenck, United Artists

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1989.