The General poster

The General

1926·Clyde Bruckman
ActionAdventureComedyWarRomance
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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.

92%Rotten Tomatoes
81IMDb

Ranking Formula

86.5
out of 100
🍅Rotten Tomatoes92.0

50% weight — Critic consensus

👥IMDb81.0

50% weight — Audience rating

How we calculate the score
RT 92.0 × 0.50
+ IMDb 81.0 × 0.50
= 86.5