The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
CrimeThrillerComedy
7.451/10
|US
|en
|105 min
Release Date: 1974-10-02
Overview - In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
Production Companies
Palomar Pictures InternationalPalladium Productions
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
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...
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