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1973· Robert Aldrich· 118 min
AdventureDramaThriller
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During the Great Depression, a legendary hobo and a sadistic railroad conductor wage a brutal war of wills over a single freight train.

Why watch: Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine, brutal and unstoppable, at full throttle.
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Cast

Lee Marvin as A No. 1
Ernest Borgnine as Shack
Keith Carradine as Cigaret
Charles Tyner as Cracker
Malcolm Atterbury as Hogger
Simon Oakland as Policeman
Harry Caesar as Coaly
Hal Baylor as Yardman's Helper
Matt Clark as Yardlet
Elisha Cook Jr. as Gray Cat
Joe Di Reda as Dinger
Liam Dunn as Smile
Diane Dye as Girl in Water
Robert Foulk as Conductor
Jim Goodwin as Fakir

Crew

Robert Aldrich — Director
Christopher Knopf — Writer
Jack London — Story
Stanley Hough — Producer
Kenneth Hyman — Executive Producer
Jack Baur — Casting
Joseph F. Biroc — Director of Photography
Michael Luciano — Editor
Jack Martin Smith — Art Direction
Frank De Vol — Original Music Composer

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