The General. - [Edited version]

United States, 1969

Film
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Episode of Series “History of the Motion Picture”.
An edited version of Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton’s 1926 comedy feature, showing Buster Keaton in his most successful period as an actor and director of this satire on Civil War espionage. Combines good examples of Keaton’s dry wit and acute sense of timing. This edited work, narrated by Paul Killiam, indicates the significance of ‘The General’ in film history.

Credits

co-producers/directors

Saul J. Turell

Paul Killiam

production company

Film Classics

Language

English

Duration

00:27:00:00

Colour

Black and White

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