Rejected by the Confederate army, and taken for a coward by his beloved, young Johnny Gray is given a chance to redeem himself when he wages a one-man war against Yankee spies who have stolen his locomotive.
2 videodiscs (75 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in digital optical NTSC video file DVD video
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Rating: Not rated
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Adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith from William Pittenger's "The Great Locomotive Chase." Original feature is color tinted; special features in color with black and white sequences DVD release of the 1926 silent film Special features: three musical scores; video tour of the authentic General; behind-the-scenes home movie footage; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson; filmed introduction by Orson Welles; "The Buster Express": a brisk montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career Photography, Dev Jennings, Bert Haines ; music: 1. composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by The Thames Silents Orchestra; 2. arranged and directed by Robert Israel; or 3. theatre organ score by Lee Erwin Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glenn Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes DVD, NTSC ; fullscreen presentation Silent film with English intertitles National Film Registry selection, 1989
