Buster+Keaton++The+General

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Authors: Kristina Britta Jarred Eddie&&Joe.


 * Director:** Clyde  Bruckman and Buster Keaton


 * Year:** February 5th 1927

**Genre:** comedy, Romance, War, Action

Frank Barnes, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn, Buster Keaton
 * Actors:** Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Charles Henry Smith,

**Synopsis:**a guy trying to get the girl that he loves back and his engine. But on the way to doing that he finds out the north is going to do a surprise attack on the south and he worns the south about it and the south defeats the north. And the guy get the girl and his engine back.


 * Interesting or Unusual Facts:** Contains the single most expensive sight gag ever for it's time, when the train engine falls off the bridge into the river. the final battle scene sparked a small forest fire around the river. 500 houndred Oregon   national guardsman play the two armies.


 * Links to related websites:** http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/