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The Saturday Film: The Taking of Pelham 123

on BBC One London

starring
Walter Matthau , Robert Shaw
' Your train has been taken.' These ominous words echo into the security section of the New York subway. The unlikeliest of hijackings has taken place with a gang of armed and desperate men in command of a train compartment and 17 passengers. Their demand is a ransom of$1 million - to be delivered within an hour. For every minute's delay one of the passengers will die ...
This ingenious and gripping movie has a strong documentary element, contributing to the forceful and violent portrait of New York life - above and below the ground.
Screenplay by PETER STONE
Based on the novel by JOHN GODET Produced by GABRIEL KATZKA , EDGAR J. SOIERICK
Directed by JOSEPH SARGENT. Films: p 21 (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Matthau
Unknown:
Robert Shaw
Play By:
Peter Stone
Novel By:
John Godet
Produced By:
Gabriel Katzka
Produced By:
Edgar J. Soierick
Directed By:
Joseph Sargent.
Lt Garbér:
Walter Matthau
Blue:
Robert Shaw
Green:
Martin Balsam
Grey:
Hector Elizondo
Brown:
Earl Hindman
Denny Doyle:
James Broderick
Correll:
Dick O'Neill
Mayor:
Lee Wallace
Caz Dolowicz:
Tom Pedi
Mrs Jenkins:
Beatrice Winde
Warren LaSalle:
Tony Roberts

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