The General (1926) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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The General - Family Review

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.

1926 | 67 Minutes

No MPAA rating
IMDB: 8.1 ⭐️ Votes: 92,255

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    short kissing scenes without further action

    Nudity: None

    some kiss.

  • Violence
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    Occasional mild slapstick violence, such as a young man being kicked out the door, a man falling off a derailing handcar, a man falling off a bicycle, and people being soaked by massive gushes of water. Played for laughs.

    Some men are knocked unconscious by blows to the head.

    A cannon is fired at a train with several men aboard.

    The main character jokingly grabs a young woman by the throat as if to strangle her in frustration.

    A mildly intense Civil War battle is fought at the end.

    In a slapstick, bloodless scene, three men are shot dead and another is accidentally killed by a flying sword blade.

    The main character nearly shoots himself in the foot.

  • Profanity
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    This is a silent movie, there are no profane words spoken.

  • Intense Scenes
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    considering it includes war, there are several fight scenes

    Some viewers may be upset that the main characters are working for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.

    A young woman is kidnapped, tied up, and passed from one car to another aboard a speeding train.

    Many risky scenes of men clambering about aboard speeding trains, including a man performing a very dangerous stunt while riding atop the cowcatcher.

    The main character nearly falls from a moving train while being threatened by a cannon.

    A young woman is hidden in a bag and while hidden there subject to a lot of apparent (though unintentional) very rough treatment.

    A young couple are caught in the middle of heavy foot and horse traffic, in apparent danger of being run down.

    A dam breaks, threatening many men in a river.

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