Confirmed as true by cotton belt railway historians, the story occurred in the late l800s as a plush business coach carrying a group of cotton belt officials, including president colonel samuel w. As noted on hr production charts, the train robbers was shot on location in durango. Most of the action takes place in the high desert around durango, mexico, and kennedy goes for clean blue skies, sculpted white sand dunes and human figures arranged against the landscape in. Free train simulator third person shooting action games. Bakersfield train robbers 2017 schedule home games away games neutral site spring training 52017 schedule. The train robbers 1973 john wayne message board jwmb. All the trivia you can handle about the train robbers, 1973, directed by burt kennedy, with john wayne, annmargret, rod taylor. Fordyce, rolled north into arkansas during an inspection tour. We be train robbers well post up coming live events and links to our latest music and videos here. When the locomotive stopped, three masked men entered the express car, while another held a gun on the engineer. The train robbers band consists of lost or stolen members from other bands, since 2014.
The train robbers is a rollicking caper from writerdirector burt kennedy, a specialist in westerns with a comic touch the rounders, support your local sheriff. The train robbers by piers paul read overdrive rakuten. Jul 15, 2014 the train was about five miles east of grand junction when it ran into a pile of rocks blocking the tracks. About 75 feet high, to be exact, to the grapevine glockenspiel on the corner of main and hudgins streets. The young widow could lead them to either a gunhand named lane is hired by a widow, mrs. Train robbery is a type of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables being carried aboard trains.
Starring john wayne, annmargret, rod taylor, ben johnson, christopher george. Written and directed by burt kennedy, the train robbers is a 1973 american western film starring john wayne, annmargaret, rod taylor, and ben johnson. A feisty, beautiful widow bands together with three cowboy buddies to recover a cache of gold stolen by her husband and her attempt to clear his sons name. Train robbers hope you like our tunes tails for cheetahs, released 27 june 2016 1.
The train robbers is a 1973 western technicolor film written and directed by burt kennedy and starring john wayne, annmargret, rod taylor, ben johnson and ricardo montalban. Burt kennedys the train robbers is a very curious western, and it gets curiouser the more you think about it. All beats produced by casa blanca or bucket hat jack. Big jake full western movie, john wayne, hd, english, cowboy film free full western movies duration. The 19th and early 20th centuries were filled with train heists. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The train robbers 1973 stream and watch online moviefone. Lane john wayne assembles a group of cowboys to head to mexico with mrs.
However, its also slight and simplistic, and it needed a richer writerdirector than burt kennedy to bring out greater depths and darkness, the kind of intricacy and tension that could have. British criminal ronnie biggs, best known for his part in the 1963 great train robbery, has died at the age of 84. Railroaders love to tell stories, and the one they relish the most is about the railroad president and the holdup man. Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. I think ill rob a train and move to south america wander off in the rain come out smiling, and dry legend, fortune, and fame i will be stuff of headlines another. Strasburg rail road is located in lancaster county, pennsylvania. Fourteen years after the fact, the members of the two gangs which. She says her husband had taken part in a train robbery some years ago, he and. On thursday august 8, 1963, fifteen masked men stopped the night train from glasgow to london and robbed it of gbp2,500,000 the equivalent of gbp41 million. The train robbers widescreen, repackaged, special packaging. The train robbers written and directed by burt kennedy. The train robbers is a 1973 western technicolor film written and directed by burt kennedy. Many train robbers got away with millions of dollars in cash, gold, silver, and bank notes. Theres a plot here, a story, but this film, filled with shots of wayne and his band riding riding left, riding right, up hills, crossing.
Two unidentified men were injured, but the film was completed on schedule despite the delay. Greatly influenced by the british film daring daylight robbery 1903 it introduced many. Here he sets a mood of amiable adventure among colorful characters, not stinting on the twofisted action thats part of all the best wayne westerns. Some of the most fascinating and legendary criminals were train robbers. The widow annmargret, the kind who sticks out in all the right places, wants to clear her husbands name. The train robbers the 1973 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. On thursday august 8, 1963, fifteen masked men stopped the night train from glasgow to london and robbed it of. As they cross into mexico, however, they realize theyre being followed, by both a posse of bandits.
Some were even masterminded by legends like jesse james and butch cassidy. The robbers gained easy entry to a small safe with almost nothing in it. Wouldbe train robbers grapevine historical attractions. Robbers schedules 2020 box list 2019 box list 2018 box list. A may 1972 hr news item reported that production of the train robbers was halted briefly due to a fire on a portion of the outdoor set.
The train robbers burt kennedy, 1973 is mildly entertaining and lightly enjoyable, and i certainly prefer it to rooster cogburn stuart millar, 1975. With henry fonda, janice rule, keenan wynn, janis paige. Watch the train robbers online stream full movie directv. Filmed in november 1903 at edisons new york studio, at essex county park in new jersey, and along the lackawanna railroad and released in december 1903, the great train robbery is considered to be one of the first significant early us narrative films. The train robbers 1973 by wonder85 for 90to5 youtube. Foil the train robbery plan in car transporter train game and act as secret agent to go for train rescue. Train robbers, the dvd commemorative amaray john wayne stars with annmargret as a gunman who agrees to help a beautiful widow cross into mexico to retrieve a fortune in gold stolen by her late husband. Topics movie trailers, westerns, john wayne, annmargret, rod taylor, ben johnson, christopher george, ricardo montalban. The train robbers, dvd, widescreen, repackaged, special packaging, subtitled, westerns, 085391158677. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Three civil war veterans team up with a train robbers widow to recover a cool halfmillion in hidden gold. Stream tracks and playlists from train robbers on your desktop or mobile device. Released 1973, the train robbers stars johnwayne, annmargret, rodtaylor, benjohnson the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which.
Dec 18, 20 british criminal ronnie biggs, best known for his part in the 1963 great train robbery, has died at the age of 84. The widow annmargret, the kind who sticks out in all. I wonder if theres ever been a western as visually uncluttered as this one. A railroad holdup the cotton belt railway holdup and the. The train robbers 1973 cast and crew after the death of her husband, mrs. See wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions.
842 883 1253 1119 158 209 811 280 1243 852 1514 630 847 365 982 831 1389 1561 186 102 1038 205 600 559 704 176 799 500 395 188