"Selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry."--Container. A DVD release of the 1927 silent motion picture. Based on Al Boasberg and Charles Smith's adaptation of The great locomotive chase by William Pittenger. Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn.
Summary:
Comedy based on the Civil War hijacking of the Confederate supply train The General by Union spy, Captain Anderson and his men. Buster Keaton, with his famous comedic stunts, plays the engineer who rescues the heroine and the train.
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