Parents Guide for
The General (1926) More at IMDbPro »

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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.

Some men are knocked unconscious by blows to the head.

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

The main character 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.

A train falls into a ravine trough a burning trestle.

The main character nearly shoots himself in the foot.

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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 couple flee through a forest during a thunder storm, encountering a bear and getting caught in a bear trap.

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.