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The General

“Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter.”

December 25, 19261h 19m
ComedyWarRomance

79%

TMDB Score

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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.

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