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The General

The General (1927) Streaming - Where to Watch Online

Audience Score
79

Thinking about watching 'The General' without leaving the house? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Clyde Bruckman-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The General' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The General' right now, here are some particulars about the Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions adventure flick.

The General starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 19 min, and a scheduled release date of January 15th, 1927.

It received a user score of 79/100 on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,340 experienced users.

Here’s what’s going on in this one... Here's the plot: "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."

'The General' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, fuboTV, Darkroom, YouTube, Plex Channel, Kino Film Collection, Fandor Amazon Channel, MGM Plus, Cineverse, The Roku Channel, FlixHouse, Fandango At Home, Public Domain Movies, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Filmzie, Philo, JustWatchTV, Prime Video, Plex, Apple TV, FlixFling, Kanopy, Google Play Movies, Fawesome, Tubi TV, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Criterion Channel, and MGM+ Amazon Channel .

'The General' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on January 15th, 1927 - Buy The General Movie Tickets

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2156.1 mi.

Penn Cinema

Showtimes on November 7th, 2025
2:45pm