The Great Locomotive Chase
A true-life spy story of ultimate suspense. High speed and inconceivable bravery!
1956 · 1h 25m · Approved
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Directed by
Francis D. Lyon
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
The Great Locomotive Chase
Overview
During the Civil War, Union spy Andrews is assigned to lead a band of soldiers into the South in order to destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train they steal is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them.
Director and cast
- Francis D. Lyon Director
- Fess Parker as James J. Andrews
- Jeffrey Hunter as William A. Fuller
- Jeff York as William Campbell
- John Lupton as William Pittenger
- Eddie Firestone as Robert Buffum
- Kenneth Tobey as Anthony Murphy
- Don Megowan as Marion A. Ross
- Claude Jarman Jr. as Jacob Parrott
- Harry Carey Jr. as William Bensinger
- Leonard P. Geer as J.A. Wilson
More films
Hostile Territory (2022)
Action · Drama · History · Western · R
Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War. After returning home, Jack discovers that his wife has tragically died and his children, presumed to be orphans, are heading deep into the West on a train crossing enemy lines, with the intent of being placed into new homes. Cal...
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Director
- Brian Presley
- Cast
- Matt McCoy, Brad Leland, Brea Bee
Dark of the Sun (1968)
Adventure · Drama · War · Approved
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Jack Cardiff
- Cast
- Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten
The Call of the Wild (1972)
Adventure · Drama · Family · Western · PG
John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Ken Annakin
- Cast
- Charlton Heston, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman
Greyhound (2020)
Action · Drama · War · PG-13
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Director
- Aaron Schneider
- Cast
- Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan
Vera Cruz (1954)
Adventure · Drama · Western · Approved
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor...
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Director
- Robert Aldrich
- Cast
- Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members