The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase

85 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Family, War, Western | June 8, 1956

During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.

The Great Locomotive Chase

85 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Family, War, Western | June 8, 1956

The Great Locomotive Chase
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Walt Disney Productions
Original title The Great Locomotive Chase
Directors Francis D. Lyon
Writers Lawrence Edward Watkin

Cast

Fess Parker

as James J. Andrews

Jeffrey Hunter

as William A. Fuller

Jeff York

as William Campbell

John Lupton

as William Pittenger

Eddie Firestone

as Robert Buffum

Kenneth Tobey

as Anthony Murphy

Don Megowan

as Marion A. Ross

Claude Jarman Jr.

as Jacob Parrott

Harry Carey, Jr.

as William Bensinger

Leonard P. Geer

as J.A. Wilson

George Robotham

as William Knight

Stan Jones

as Wilson Brown

Marc Hamilton

as John Wollam

John Wiley

as John M. Scott

Slim Pickens

as Pete Bracken

Chuck Roberson

as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited)