During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny 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.
Johnnie Gray
Buster Keaton
Annabelle Lee
Marion Mack
Captain Anderson
Glen Cavender
General Thatcher
Jim Farley
A Southern General
Frederick Vroom
Annabelle's Brother
Frank Barnes
Annabelle's Father
Charles Henry Smith
Union General
Joe Keaton
Union General
Mike Donlin
Union General
Tom Nawn
Soldier (uncredited)
Henry Baird
Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Bricher
Raider (uncredited)
Jimmy Bryant
Officer (uncredited)
Sergeant Bukowski
Officer (uncredited)
C.C. Cruson
Raider (uncredited)
Jack Dempster
Soldier (uncredited)
Keith Fennell
Raider (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Union Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Ronald Gilstrap
Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Raider (uncredited)
Ray Hanford
Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack Hanlon
Raider (uncredited)
Al Hanson
Raider (uncredited)
Anthony Harvey
Union Officer (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Soldier (uncredited)
Hilliard Karr
Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Elgin Lessley
Soldier (uncredited)
Louis Lewyn
Boy Who Follows Johnny (uncredited)
Jackie Lowe
Soldier (uncredited)
Billy Lynn
Raider (uncredited)
Ross McCutcheon
Raider (uncredited)
Tom Moran
Raider (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
Raider (uncredited)
Red Rial
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Al St. John
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Harold Terry
Raider (uncredited)
Ray Thomas
Raider (uncredited)
Red Thompson
Soldier (uncredited)
James Walsh
Soldier (uncredited)
Kenneth Hawley Ward
Union Soldier (uncredited)
John Wilson
(uncredited)
Jean Woodward