Movie connections for
The General (1926) More at IMDbPro »

Version of

Railroad Raiders of '62 (1911)
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)

Edited into

The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1975)

Referenced in

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
 -  The train crash at the end uncannily mirrors the finale from Buster Keaton's The General.
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle (1967)
 -  A poster for this film hangs upside in Juliette's kitchen
The Great Stone Face (1968)
 -  Referenced by name
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Sidewalks of New York (2001)
The Pianist (2002)
The Popcorn of Doom (2003) (V)
 -  There is a picture of Buster Keaton from The General next to the couple's TV.
Cold Mountain (2003)
Secret Missions of the Civil War (2005) (TV)
 -  Compares the movie to the historical truth
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  One of the films on the list
"Heroes: Chapter Three 'One of Us, One of Them' (#3.3)" (2008/II)
 -  German poster for the film is shown.
You Dropped Your Quarter (2009)
 -  The cigar burning through the tablecloth to reveal the girl.

Featured in

Trans-Canada Express (1944)
The Great Chase (1962)
"Fractured Flickers: (#1.19)" (1963)
 -  Show includes the scene with Keaton trying on his new sword.
"Fractured Flickers: (#1.20)" (1963)
 -  "The Charge of the Light Brigade" segment features clips from "The General."
Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
The Great Stone Face (1968)
 -  Clips are shown
"Hollywood" (1980)
Precious Images (1986)
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987) (TV)
Les portes tournantes (1988)
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az amerikai film kezdetei (#1.3)" (1989)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle (1993)
 -  footage of this movie is shown.
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
The Art of Buster Keaton (1995) (V)
Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
 -  This film is #18 on the list.
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004) (TV)
 -  excerpt shown
Stan Kann: The Happiest Man in the World (2005)
 -  Uses archival footage from the film
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
 -  clip
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) (TV)
 -  This film is #18 on the list.

Spoofs

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

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