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The Great Locomotive Chase
Released: June 8, 1956 (1956)
Runtime: 85 minutes
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, War, Western
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Jeff York as William Campbell
Age at release: 44
- Leonard P. Geer as J.A. Wilson
Age at release: 42
- Kenneth Tobey as Anthony Murphy
Age at release: 39
- Eddie Firestone as Robert Buffum
Age at release: 35
- Harry Carey, Jr. as William Bensinger
Age at release: 35
- Don Megowan as Marion A. Ross
Age at release: 34
- Fess Parker as James J. Andrews
Age at release: 31
- Jeffrey Hunter as William A. Fuller
Age at release: 29
- John Lupton as William Pittenger
Age at release: 27
- Claude Jarman Jr. as Jacob Parrott
Age at release: 21
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- Stan Jones as Wilson Brown
Age at release: 42
- Chuck Roberson as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
- Slim Pickens as Pete Bracken
Age at release: 36
- George Robotham as William Knight
Age at release: 35
- Marc Hamilton as John Wollam
Age at release: Unknown
- John Wiley as John M. Scott
Age at release: Unknown