The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) | |
| Director(s) | Francis D. Lyon |
| Producer(s) | Lawrence Edward Watkin, Walt Disney (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, War |
| Top Topics | Civil War, Disney, True Story (based on) |
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The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Francis D. Lyon and produced by Walt Disney and Lawrence Edward Watkin.
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History, Hollywood, and a Famous Train: THE GENERAL and THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 29, 2014 From Virtual ViragoIn The General (1926), Buster Keaton plays a Confederate train engineer who doggedly pursues his beloved locomotive when Yankees make off with it. Thirty years later, The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) tells basically the same story, this time with Jeffrey Hunter as the Southern engineer and Fess Par... Read full article
History, Hollywood, and a Famous Train: THE GENERAL and THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 29, 2014 From Virtual ViragoIn The General (1926), Buster Keaton plays a Confederate train engineer who doggedly pursues his beloved locomotive when Yankees make off with it. Thirty years later, The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) tells basically the same story, this time with Jeffrey Hunter as the Southern engineer and Fess Par... Read full article
History, Hollywood, and a Famous Train: THE GENERAL and THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 29, 2014 From Virtual ViragoIn The General (1926), Buster Keaton plays a Confederate train engineer who doggedly pursues his beloved locomotive when Yankees make off with it. Thirty years later, The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) tells basically the same story, this time with Jeffrey Hunter as the Southern engineer and Fess Par... Read full article
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Quotes from
James J. Andrews: I went through pretty far tonight. Let me tell you this: If you can't drink their toasts and sing their songs, love Jeff Davis and hate Abe Lincoln by next Friday, you'll never reach Marietta.
[the train is about to pull into Big Shanty]
James J. Andrews: Have a good breakfast, Mr. Fuller. And don't you worry about any deserters, I'll *take care* of your train.
William Pittenger: Mr. Andrews. If you ever want any help on a Secret Service mission, don't forget the name of Pittenger: William Pittenger.
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Facts about
Debut of Morgan Woodward.
The real General, the locomotive stolen in the movie, is on display in Kennesaw, Georgia, at the Kennesaw Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History.
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