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6.5/10   1,744 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Alistair MacLean (novel)
Alistair MacLean (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 December 1975 (Finland) more
Tagline:
Revenge Mystery Danger Ambush more
Plot:
Train with medical supplies and small U.S. Army unit is heading through Rocky mountains towards plagued Fort Humboldt... more | add synopsis
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Westerns, trains, and Bronson... more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charles Bronson ... Deakin

Ben Johnson ... Pearce

Richard Crenna ... Governor Fairchild

Jill Ireland ... Marica
Charles Durning ... O'Brien
Ed Lauter ... Major Claremont
Bill McKinney ... Reverend Peabody
David Huddleston ... Dr. Molyneux
Roy Jenson ... Chris Banion
Rayford Barnes ... Sergeant. Bellew
Scott Newman ... Rafferty
Robert Tessier ... Levi Calhoun
Joe Kapp ... Henry
Archie Moore ... Carlos
Sally Kirkland ... Jane-Marie
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Runtime:
95 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt's final movie credit. more
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Continuity: The amount (and existence) of Deakin's beard stubble is inconsistent throughout the movie. more
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Deputy U.S. Marshal Nathan Pearce: There's more ways to pacify Indians than shootin' holes in them! more
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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Westerns, trains, and Bronson..., 13 May 2006
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Author: Andy4444 from United States

...all in one. What more to ask for? Well, the music could've been better, in between action and speech scenes there's a lot of "suspense" music, what I call TV-movie music, that the film could do without. But aside from that, I like this film.

A good story, good cast, great scenery, and something I thirst for in westerns: good iron horse action, with actual American rail equipment of the era (unlike, say, the European stuff in Sergio Leone's westerns). The setting is a railroad in the frosty cold weather of the Sierra mountains, with lots of "power" shots of the locomotive working hard on steep grades. Why, oh why, don't more western films take advantage of this great atmospheric effect? And let's not forget, this is one of Bronson's best films. He's a cool character and there's enough action to satisfy, including a great train roof fistfight. A good mystery in a western setting, and worth a rental.

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