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Overview
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Release Date:
5 February 1927 (USA)
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Tagline:
Love, Locomotives and Laughs
Plot:
When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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(6 articles)
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The only silent to ever make me really laugh out loud.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Marion Mack | ... | Annabelle Lee |
| Glen Cavender | ... | Captain Anderson |
| Jim Farley | ... | General Thatcher |
| Frederick Vroom | ... | A Southern General |
| Charles Henry Smith | ... | Annabelle's Father (as Charles Smith) |
| Frank Barnes | ... | Annabelle's Brother |
| Joe Keaton | ... | Union General |
| Mike Donlin | ... | Union General |
| Tom Nawn | ... | Union General |
 | Buster Keaton | ... | Johnny Gray |
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Runtime:
Australia:107 min | Spain:80 min (1982 version) | Spain:83 min (1962 version) | USA:75 min (2003 alternate version)
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Color:
Black and White (Sepiatone)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/6 (DVD rating) |
UK:U |
South Korea:All (2002) |
USA:TV-G (TV rating) |
Australia:G |
Norway:7 (original rating) |
Norway:A (re-rating) (2004) |
Portugal:17 (director's cut) |
Sweden:Btl |
USA:Unrated |
West Germany:6 |
Finland:S
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In the scene where Johnnie and Annabelle refill the water reservoir of the train, Marion Mack said in an interview many years later that she had no idea that she was supposed to get drenched. Buster Keaton had not told her what was supposed to happen, so the shock you see is genuine.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Johnny is chopping wood on the train, the piece of wood changes size between the different shots.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Annabelle's brother: Fort Sumter has been fired upon.
Mr. Lee: Then the war is here.
Annabelle's brother: Yes, dad, and I'm going to be one of the first to enlist.
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Annabelle's brother: Fort Sumter has been fired upon.
Mr. Lee: Then the war is here.
Annabelle's brother: Yes, dad, and I'm going to be one of the first to enlist.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Popcorn of Doom (2003) (V)
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Why don't they make movies like this any more?How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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Buster Keaton is simply awesome, only he could pull off a film like this. Everything about it was superb, while his other films made me laugh, this is the only silent to make me laugh so hard my sides hurt. And it never gets tiresome, no matter how many times you watch it, making it a great cinema experience.