The General

1926 · 79 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 101,764 VOTES · DIR. Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

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Overview

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.

Dialogue Timeline — 62 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:37 There were two loves in his life.
00:02:51 'Fort Sumter has been fired upon.'
00:03:34 'Aren't you going to enlist?'
00:04:41 'Engineer on the Western and Atlantic Railroad.'
00:06:24 'Occupation?'
00:08:13 'Did Johnnie enlist?'
00:08:56 'Why didn't you enlist?'
00:09:45 A year later. In a Union encampment just North of Chattanooga.
00:10:22 'We will enter the South as civilians coming from the neutral state of Kentucky to join the Southern cause.'
00:10:43 ...' North we will burn every bridge, cutting off the supplies of the army now facing you.'
00:11:27 'As soon as I arrive I will let you know how seriously father is wounded.'
00:18:00 'Why not stop and fight them?'
00:28:04 General Parker's victorious Nothern army advancing.
00:32:02 'At nine o'clock tomorrow morning our supply trains will meet and unite with General '...
00:32:16 'Then the army, backed by our supply trains, will advance for a surprise attack on the rebel's left flank.'
00:38:48 'We had better stay here until daybreak to see where we are.'
00:40:43 'We've got to get back to our lines somehow and warn them of this coming attack.'
00:56:54 The Rock River bridge
01:09:11 Heroes of the day.
01:11:49 'Take it off!'
01:13:10 'Soldier.'

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed62
Dialogue density0.8 lines / min
First line00:00:37
Final line01:13:10

Production Record

DirectorClyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
LanguageEnglish
Budget$750,000
Revenue$1,000,000
IMDb votes101,764