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The General

The General (1927)Stream and Watch Online

Movie"Buster drives "The General" to trainload of laughter."

Need to watch 'The General' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Clyde Bruckman-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The General' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The General' right now, here are some finer points about the Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions comedy flick.

Released January 15th, 1927, 'The General' stars Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 19 min, and received a user score of 80 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,243 top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? 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 Cineverse, Kanopy, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Microsoft Store, Apple iTunes, Epix, EPIX Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, FlixFling, Public Domain Movies, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Tubi TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, JustWatchTV, Google Play Movies, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Plex Channel, Epix Roku Premium Channel, and Filmzie .