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Midweek Cinema: The General

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on BBC Two England

Written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman.
Starring Buster Keaton

Peter Hall chose as his film one of the great classics of the silent film comedy, starring the legendary Buster Keaton.
Johnnie Gray is an engine driver whose greatest love is for his locomotive, with his girlfriend Annabelle Lee running a poor second. When his engine, The General, is stolen by Union troops, Johnnie steams off down the tracks in hot pursuit, pausing only to rescue Annabelle Lee from behind the Union lines. (Black and white)
Films: page 15

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Buster Keaton
Writer/Director:
Clyde Bruckman
Johnnie Gray:
Buster Keaton
Captain Anderson:
Glen Cavender
General Thatcher:
Jim Farley
Southern General:
Frederick Vroom
Annabelle Lee:
Marion Mack
Her father:
Charles Smith
Her brother:
Frank Barnes
Union General:
Joseph Keaton
Union General:
Mike Donlin
Union General:
Tom Nawn
Source: Radio Times

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