Art of Action: The General

BBFC RatingArt of Action: The General

Showing: 25 October 2024 , 27 October 2024 , 30 October 2024

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CertificateU
Year1926
GenreSilent, Action, Comedy
Director(s)Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
LanguageNo dialogue
CountryUSA
Running Time1HR 18MINS
SeasonArt of Action

When union spies steal his locomotive (along with his girlfriend), a plucky railway engineer pursues them doggedly across enemy lines in Buster Keaton’s masterpiece.

Set during the Civil War and based on a true incident, The General follows engineer Johnnie Gray (Keaton), who is rejected by the Confederate Army and then suffers the further humiliation of his girlfriend thinking him a coward. When a small band of Union soldiers penetrate far beyond Confederate lines to steal his locomotive, Gray sets off in hot pursuit. 

Considered to be the last great comedy of the silent era, and consistently ranked as one of the greatest comedies of all time, Keaton’s pioneering film more-or-less invented the action movie and is as startling now as it was in 1926.

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