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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

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.

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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.

CrimeThrillerActionComedy
FeaturingWalter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace
Review snapshotRobert 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! What adds suspence to this mystery is their potential escape route? Stuck in well mapped and monitored tunnels fifty f…

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