The General (1926)

Name: The General
Released: 1926-12-25
Duration: 79 min

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Director: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Runtime: 79 minutes
Original release date: 1926-12-25 (TMDB; may differ from the UK release)

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie 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.

London screenings

All dates and times are in London time. These listings reflect the programme update below.

27 November 2026 at 19:30 · Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London, W1B 2HW, UK · The General · standard · Book with the cinema
31 January 2027 at 15:00 · The Barbican, Silk Street, City of London, London, EC2Y 8DS, UK · The General · standard · Book with the cinema