The General
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Film and television:
- The General (1926 film), a Buster Keaton film
- The General (1998 film)The General (1998 film)The General is a British-Irish crime film directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who pulled off several daring heists in the early 1980s, and attracted the attention of the Gardaí, PIRA, and UVF. The film was shot in 1997 and released in 1998...
, a John Boorman drama about Dublin criminal Martin Cahill - The General (TV series)The General (TV series)The General was a BBC fly-on-the-wall Television series hosted by Yvette Fielding, Chris Serle and Heather Mills. Based at Southampton General Hospital, the programme tracked the progress of selected patients, including outpatients, at the hospital. The series was broadcast live every weekday on...
, a British TV fly-on-the-wall documentary series - "The General" (The Prisoner)The General (The Prisoner)The General is the sixth episode of the television series The Prisoner. The central themes of this episode are rote learning and indoctrination.-Synopsis:...
, an episode of The Prisoner - "The General", an episode of the Australian wartime espionage drama "SpyforceSpyforceSpyforce was an Australian TV series produced from 1971 to 1973, based upon the adventures of Australian Military Intelligence operatives in the South West Pacific during World War II...
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Literature:
- The General (novel)The General (novel)Forester is best known for his famous series of Horatio Hornblower novels which he began in 1937; few of his other works are well-known: The General and The African Queen are exceptions and remain popular....
, a novel by C. S. Forester about the Great War - The General, a World War II novel by Alan SillitoeAlan SillitoeAlan Sillitoe was an English writer and one of the "Angry Young Men" of the 1950s.. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied.- Biography :...
- The General (poem), a poem by Siegfried SassoonSiegfried SassoonSiegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC was an English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's...
- The General, a book by Kenneth Bilby on David Sarnoff
- The General seriesThe General seriesThe General is a set of military science fiction books written by S.M. Stirling from an outline by David Drake...
, a series of science fiction novels by S.M. Stirling - The General (Robert Muchamore novel), the 10th book in the CHERUB book series by Robert Muchamore
- General (DC Comics)General (DC Comics)The General is a fictional character appearing in the DC Comics universe. Created by Chuck Dixon as an opponent for Batman, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #654, published in December 1992...
, an enemy of Batman, who is a child military genius - The General (Marvel Comics), an enemy of The Sentry (comics)
- The Generals (novel)The Generals (novel)The Generals is the second volume in Simon Scarrow's Revolution quartet, which narrates mostly in alternate chapters, tells the story of Sir Arthur Wellesley and the Corsican Brigadier Napoleon Bonaparte .-Plot:In the turbulent aftermath of the French Revolution Napoleon Bonaparte is accused of...
, 2007 novel by Simon Scarrow
Nickname:
- “The General” has been the nickname of the following people:
- Bob Knight, head basketball coach at Texas Tech University
- Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)Mark Lee, known affectionately as "The General" is a former Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club. Recruited from Richmond’s country zone in Mildura, Lee played a couple of games in 1977 but took off the following year as the team’s regular ruckman, allowing David Cloke to...
, Richmond ruckman of the 1980s - Dublin criminal Martin CahillMartin CahillMartin "The General" Cahill was a prominent Irish criminal from Dublin.Cahill generated a certain notoriety in the media, which referred to him by the sobriquet "The General". The name was also used by the media in order to discuss Cahill's activities while avoiding legal problems with libel...
- El GeneralEl GeneralEl General is a Panamanian Reggae artist considered by some to be one of the Fathers of Reggaeton. During the early 1990s, he initiated the Spanish spoken dancehall that would later become reggaeton...
, a Panamanian reggaeton artist
Other meanings:
- The General MagazineThe General MagazineThe General Magazine was first published in 1964, as a bi-monthly periodical devoted to supporting Avalon Hill's line of wargames, with articles on game tactics, history, and industry news...
, a wargaming magazine published by Avalon Hill - "The General" (song)The General (song)"The General" is a song by the rock band Dispatch.-Story:This song tells a story about a brilliant and battle-torn old general, who has a dream in which he realizes the futility of the war he is fighting. He then attempts to persuade his men that they do not have to participate in the battle, but...
, a song by the rock band Dispatch - The General (The Rifles song), a song by British rock band The Rifles
- The Generals, a term applied to military dictatorships, see military juntaMilitary juntaA junta or military junta is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term derives from the Spanish language junta meaning committee, specifically a board of directors...
- The General (locomotive)The General (locomotive)The General is a type 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was the subject of the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War. The locomotive is preserved at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-...
, a locomotive commandeered in the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War - The General (horse)The General (horse)The General was a horse owned by US President John Tyler. He was used as a warhorse during the Civil War, when it died, John Tyler had it buried on his Sherwood Forest Plantation, in the Sherwood Forest Pet Cemetery.The horse's epitaph reads:...
, owned by American President John Tyler