6.0
Good Sam
2019
“We are going to kill one passenger a minute until New York City pays us 1 million dollars.”
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
October 2, 19741h 45mEN
7.5
617 votes
Overview
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
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Joseph SargentWriters
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English
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Palomar Pictures InternationalPalladium Productions
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7.0Robert Shaw is great in this tensely presented heist thriller with a difference. Allied with Martin Balsam's "Green", Hector Elizondo as "Grey" and Earl Hindman's "Brown" they meticulously hijack a subway train and hold the city to ransom for $1 million. It falls to grizzled transit cop "Garber" (Walter Matthau) to try and second-guess their plans before they start killing one passenger per minute! What adds suspence to this mystery is their potential escape route? Stuck in well mapped and monitored tunnels fifty food beneath street level, how are they planning on getting their loot to Cuba? J…
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