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Title: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Walter Matthau | ... | Police Lt. Zachary Garber | |
| Robert Shaw | ... | Bernard Ryder aka Blue | |
| Martin Balsam | ... | Harold Longman aka Green | |
| Hector Elizondo | ... | Giuseppe Benvenuto aka Grey | |
| Earl Hindman | ... | George Steever aka Brown | |
| James Broderick | ... | Denny Doyle - Train Conductor | |
| Dick O'Neill | ... | Frank Correll | |
| Lee Wallace | ... | Al - the Mayor of New York City | |
| Tom Pedi | ... | Caz Dolowicz | |
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Beatrice Winde | ... | Mrs. Jenkins |
| Jerry Stiller | ... | Police Lt. Rico Patrone | |
| Nathan George | ... | Police Ptl. James | |
| Rudy Bond | ... | Phil - Police Commissioner | |
| Kenneth McMillan | ... | Harry - Borough Commander (as Kenneth Mc Millan) | |
| Doris Roberts | ... | Jessie - The Mayor's Wife | |
Four seemingly-unrelated men board subway train Pelham 1:23 at successive stations. Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey and Mr. Brown are heavily armed and overpower the motorman and novice conductor to take control of the train. Between stations they separate the front car from the remainder of the train, setting passengers in the back cars and the motorman free. The four demand $1 million ransom within exactly one hour for the remaining eighteen hostages, including the conductor. If their demands are not met in time or their directions are not followed precisely, they will begin to shoot hostages dead, one every minute the money is late. Wisecracking Lt. Zach Garber of the transit police ends up being the primary communicator between the hijackers and the authorities, which includes transit operations, his own police force, the NYPD, and the unpopular and currently flu ridden mayor who will make the ultimate decision of whether to pay the ransom. Unknown to Garber, what may be working on ... Written by Huggo
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... Thank Goodness it wasn't!
I switched on me TV last night after an evening out and the opening credits of Pelham was just finishing. Not knowing the name of this film (the Carry On listing was clearly not being shown, perhaps the Producer-dude had a revelation of taste!) I began to watch it half-heartedly, whilst prostrate on the sofa.
By the end of the movie, and that glorious last look from Matthau, I was sitting blot-upright with the biggest grin I've had on my face at 2am for a long time!
What a flick! What a film! How good was this simple, little, under-rated, under-stated movie? Very.
See this film, forgive it for being written in the 70-ties, in fact revel in that non-PC fact (the Chinese/Lady jokes are, retrospectively, quite amusing, in a non-Carry On way).
They just don't make 'um like this anymore. Simple, sweet, suspense.