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The General

1926Movie1 h 19 minNR

Comedy
87
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.2/5Rotten Tomatoes92%92%
87
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.2/5Rotten Tomatoes92%92%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Leaves you in awe.
  • Lifts you up.

Not for scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Accidental Heroin 310 titlesAll Johnnie wants is his locomotive and his girlfriend back. That he managed to stop a flanking action by the Union Army is just a (pretty beneficial) side-effect.Cloudcuckoolanderin 692 titlesAfter getting his girl back — no, we're not going to put that in a spoiler tag — and desperately trying to get up enough steam to get away from the pursuing Union forces, Johnnie asks said girl to ha…All 48 tropes

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