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1927 | B/N | 79 min

Johnnie loves his locomotive, The General, and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he´s more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it´s because he´s a coward. When Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board, Johnnie must rescue both his loves


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Keaton; Buster, Bruckman; Clyde
Script: Smith; Charles Henry, Boasberg; Al, Bruckman; Clyde, Keaton; Buster, Pittenger; William
Photography: Jenning; Devereaux, Haines; Bert
Cast:Mack; Marion, Smith; Charles Henry, Allen; Richard, Cavender; Glen, Farley; Jim, Vroom; Frederick, Keaton; Joe, Donlin; Mike, Nawn; Tom, Keaton; Buster
Participation year at FICM: 2005

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Go West

A young man who cannot find work in his small hometown tries his luck in New York. A few minutes after arriving in the Big Apple, overwhelmed by life in the big city, he decides to move again, this time to a ranch outside the city. There, little by little he becomes a successful cowboy This film, directed by and starring the mythical Buster Keaton, was selected for preservation in 1993 by the U.S. Library of Congress in their National Film Registry.

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