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Emperor of the North
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Cast
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Cigaret
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Cracker
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Hogger
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Gray Cat
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Dinger
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Liam Dunn | ... |
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Diane Dye | ... |
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Robert Foulk | ... |
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Fakir
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It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. Those people, commonly called "hobos", are truly hated by Shack (Borgnine), a sadistical railway conductor who swore that no hobo will ride his train for free. Well, no-one but "A" Number One (Lee Marvin), who is ready to put his life at stake to become a local legend - as the first person who survived the trip on Shack's notorious train. Written by Brian Peterson calyooper@email.com
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You've never seen anything like it for sheer breathtaking excitement. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 May 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Emperor of the North See more »Filming Locations:
Cottage Grove, Oregon, USABox Office
Budget:
$3,705,000 (estimated)Gross:
SEK 601,686 (Sweden)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (FMC Library Print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Prairie Special conductor: I don't give a damn if they're Democrats. Get this moving!
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Lyrics by Hal David
Music by Frank De Vol
Sung by Marty Robbins
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The movie's TV spot trailer declared that the picture was from the stars and makers of The Dirty Dozen (1967). This included director Robert Aldrich and actors Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine as well as editor Michael Luciano and producer Kenneth Hyman amongst two others. See more »Goofs
The train highballs it out of the yard in the fog and gets sent into a siding. After backing out to resume on the main line, Shack throws the switch in the wrong direction (back into the siding). See more »Quotes
Prairie Special engineer: They greased the rails, the goddamn tramps.Prairie Special conductor: I don't give a damn if they're Democrats. Get this moving!
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Soundtracks
A Man and a TrainLyrics by Hal David
Music by Frank De Vol
Sung by Marty Robbins
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This movie scared the hell out of me when I was little, mostly because I'd never seen an evil Ernest Borgnine. With his fierce eyes, maniacal laugh, and drop-forged fists, he commands every scene with a demonic self-assurance. You have to see this movie just to see Borgnine, he's perfect as the railway conductor. He's like a violent gorilla in a conductor suit. Lee Marvin as Number One mumbles his way through the movie with an impressive vocabulary and intelligence that belies his appearance. He wanders about waxing philosophical about the state of the world, the battle between good and evil, and his place in the grand scheme of things. Keith Carradine wouldn't have been my choice for the role of the young kid, he just wasn't very convincing and some of his lines come off a bit forced and awkward. One of the other reviewers mentioned the photography, and I'm left wondering how they got some of the shots, especially considering the movie was made thirty years ago with gigantic, bulky cameras. There are scenes where the train is way out in the middle of nowhere and the camera is actually pacing the train and the action that happens on it; great photography. This is a very good film and worthy of all the praise it gets from the other reviews.