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Release Date:
17 January 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
Once it starts, nothing can stop it! morePlot:
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(7 articles)
The Butcher Comes to DVD July 14th (From MoviesOnline. 26 June 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
Cinematical Seven: Terrific Train Thrills
(From Cinematical. 11 June 2009, 8:02 PM, PDT)
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One of my alltime favourites. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jon Voight | ... | Manny | |
| Eric Roberts | ... | Buck | |
| Rebecca De Mornay | ... | Sara | |
| Kyle T. Heffner | ... | Frank Barstow | |
| John P. Ryan | ... | Ranken | |
| T.K. Carter | ... | Dave Prince | |
| Kenneth McMillan | ... | Eddie MacDonald | |
| Stacey Pickren | ... | Ruby | |
| Walter Wyatt | ... | Conlan | |
| Edward Bunker | ... | Jonah | |
| Reid Cruickshanks | ... | Al Turner (as Reid Cruikshanks) | |
| Dan Wray | ... | Fat Con | |
| Michael Lee Gogin | ... | Short Con | |
| John Bloom | ... | Tall Con | |
| Hank Worden | ... | Old Con (as Norton E. 'Hank' Warden) |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
111 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Canada:18A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-18 | Norway:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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Cannon's U.S. trailer used Henry Mancini's score from Lifeforce (1985), an earlier big budget Cannon production which they released six months earlier. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The close-up shots of Manny's grip on the coupling show him holding on by just his finger tips, but in the longer shots the positioning of the fingers is different and you see that his whole hand is on top of the coupling. moreQuotes:
[Ranken and his team are about to pursue Manny]Ranken: God, don't kill him. Let me do it.
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'Gloria' in D Major by Vivaldi moreFAQ
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This movie is just brilliant. The Oscar Mannheimer character has to be one of the hardest moviecharacters of alltime. I love the way Voight turns mental on numerous occasions, he's doing one hell of a job. Arguably his best ever role. Eric Roberts is almost as brilliant in portraying Buck. I find myself laughing at so many times during the course of this movie. It's not only funny though, it's also a movie of high suspense and some action. 10 out of 10. I say YEAH!