Story Line
A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.
“Their gun and guts for hire... and a blank check is their price”
Top Cast
Rod Taylor
Hank Brackett
Dennis Cole
Johnny Reach
Fernando Lamas
Chucho Morales
John McIntire
Cyrus Davenport
Michael Ansara
Paco Morales
Tisha Sterling
Beth Parkinson
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Rating
8.5/ 10
Release Date
1971-04-16
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
ActionAdventureWestern
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Wuchak
8/10
•4/5/2018Unique train-oriented Western with Rod Taylor and several notables of the era
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