The General (1926) – Filming Locations
Action / Adventure / Comedy / War / Romance / Drama · Directed by Clyde Bruckman · Starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
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.
Where was The General filmed?
- Cottage Grove, United States, Cottage Grove – Extensive locomotive and train chase sequences across open countryside. The primary location for the film's famous train stunts, where Buster Keaton performed his legendary physical comedy on moving trains and locomotives
- Jacksonville, United States, Jacksonville – Civil War-era settings and additional exterior sequences establishing the Southern landscape. Chosen for its period-appropriate terrain and landscape that evoked the American Civil War setting of the film
- Guernsey, United States, Guernsey – Additional sequences of the locomotive 'The General' traveling through countryside. Supplementary filming location providing natural landscape backgrounds for extended train sequences