The Great Locomotive Chase

Name: The Great Locomotive Chase
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Released: 1956
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton, Eddie Firestone

1956 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,442 VOTES · DIR. Francis D. Lyon

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 960 lines

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00:01:35 My name is William Pittenger.

00:04:15 GIad to see you, Mr. Andrews.

00:07:02 Why not?

00:09:40 the attempt wiII be made without him. Any questions?

00:12:20 Gonna throw in our Iot with the Southern army.

00:14:40 [Innkeeper] Retha, fetch Mr. Andrews that peach brandy, you hear?

00:17:16 Do we have to be better Southerners than the Johnny Rebs themseIves?

00:20:23 CouId we, with what we"re doing?

00:22:53 I"II be dogged if he can"t even taIk Iike a Yankee.

00:25:46 [train beII]

00:29:33 [train beII]

00:34:53 He got on at Marietta with some Secret Service men.

00:38:53 AII right, boys. I"m gonna wait here for the southbound train.

00:42:06 He"II try.

00:45:37 But I can teII you this: If Beauregard couId get his orders fiIIed by reguIar channeIs

00:48:36 Stephens! Did Pete Bracken bring in his express freight?

00:53:11 ""My train was captured by FederaI spies making for Chattanooga

00:58:32 Come on!

01:03:13 Mr. Andrews, we want to stop and have it out with them.

01:09:09 Hey, Bracken!

01:13:11 Did you ever see any of these men before?

01:16:22 Then you"d have something to go by.

01:18:54 It"II be sudden. Bare hands against muskets, they won"t expect.

01:24:20 There"s one more thing we"re gonna have to show "em.

Cast & Characters

Fess Parker James J. Andrews Jeffrey Hunter William A. Fuller Jeff York William Campbell John Lupton William Pittenger Eddie Firestone Robert Buffum Kenneth Tobey Anthony Murphy Don Megowan Marion A. Ross Claude Jarman Jr. Jacob Parrott Harry Carey Jr. William Bensinger Leonard P. Geer J.A. Wilson

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed960

Dialogue density11.3 lines / min

First line00:01:35

Final line01:24:20

Production Record

DirectorFrancis D. Lyon

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,442