The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
ActionAdventureDramaFamilyWarWestern
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.
Director: Francis D. Lyon
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Fess Parker as James J. Andrews |
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Jeffrey Hunter as William A. Fuller |
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Jeff York as William Campbell |
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John Lupton as William Pittenger |
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Eddie Firestone as Robert Buffum |
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Kenneth Tobey as Anthony Murphy |
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Don Megowan as Marion A. Ross |
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Claude Jarman Jr. as Jacob Parrott |
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Harry Carey, Jr. as William Bensinger |
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Leonard P. Geer as J.A. Wilson |
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George Robotham as William Knight |
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Stan Jones as Wilson Brown |
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Marc Hamilton as John Wollam |
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John Wiley as John M. Scott |
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Slim Pickens as Pete Bracken |
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Chuck Roberson as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited) |
| Production | Lawrence Edward Watkin | Producer |
| Production | Walt Disney | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Paul J. Smith | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Francis D. Lyon | Director |
| Writing | Lawrence Edward Watkin | Writer |
| Camera | Charles P. Boyle | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joseph Dimmitt | Costumer |