One More Train to Rob (1971)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers:

William Roberts (story) and
Don Tait (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 June 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

He'd been cheated out of his gold... and his woman... now the only weapon he had left was... revenge!

Plot:

Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Gold Mine | Gold | Crooked Sheriff | Chinese American

Cast

George Peppard	...	Harker Fleet
Diana Muldaur	...	Katy
John Vernon	...	Timothy Xavier Nolan
France Nuyen	...	Ah Toy
Steve Sandor	...	Jim Gant
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Yung (as Soon-Taik Oh)
Richard Loo	...	Mr. Chang
Robert Donner	...	Sheriff Adams
John Doucette	...	Sheriff Monte
C.K. Yang	...	Wong
Marie Windsor	...	Louella
Timothy Scott	...	Slim
Joan Shawlee	...	Big Nellie
Hal Needham	...	Bert Gant
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Red

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG

Company:

Universal Pictures

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Harker awakens Katie with a kiss]
Harker Fleet: Time, honey.
Katy: So soon?
Harker Fleet: Train's due at 3:10.
Katy: You're up and dressed. I didn't even hear you.
[sniffing]
Katy: You're not only up and dressed, you've been out... and from the smell of that perfume, I know where!
Harker Fleet: Now, Katy...
[Harker dodges a water pitcher Katy throws at him]
[...]

Soundtrack:

Havin' Myself A Fine Time

Engaging lightweight Western

The plot of this movie may seem familiar to Western devotees and so it should because it is essentially the same as that deployed by Brando in his sole directorial credit One Eyed Jacks ,namely an ex jailbird bent on revenge on a former associate ,now a man of wealth and substance ,who he feels has double crossed him .Where the movies part company is that Brando used the plot as the vehicle for a grim almost Jacobean revenge tragedy ,this movie takes a lighter ,friskier tone Peppard plays the wronged man ,one Harker Fleet ,who seeks to get back at his former associate in crime ,Timothy Nolan -well played by John Vernon.They are rivals for the favours of Diane Muldaur and also vie with each other in striving to rob an elderly Chinese man of his gold Andrew V McLaglen -who along with Burt Kennedy was virtually the only man directing Westerns on a regular basis in the USA during the seventies-keeps things moving briskly and the action is vigorous and well paced .Good performances and a tongue in cheek script help maintain interest and the result is a diverting second tier Western that many people will enjoy