The Great Locomotive Chase
A true-life spy story of ultimate suspense. High speed and inconceivable bravery!
6.3(35) 1956-06-08 85 minActionAdventureDramaFamily
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.
ProducerLawrence Edward Watkin
WriterLawrence Edward Watkin
Original Music ComposerPaul J. Smith
DirectorFrancis D. Lyon
Cast & characters
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
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George Robotham
as William Knight
Stan Jones
as Wilson Brown
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Marc Hamilton
as John Wollam
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John Wiley
as John M. Scott
Slim Pickens
as Pete Bracken
Chuck Roberson
as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)
