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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

We are going to kill one passenger a minute until New York City pays us 1 million dollars.

7.5 / 10

104 minutes

1974-10-02

English

US

Actors :

Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Beatrice Winde, Jerry Stiller, Nathan George, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts

Description

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

1/18/2024, 8:09:33 AM

Robert 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...