One More Train to Rob | |
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Directed by | Andrew McLaglen |
Screenplay by | Don Tait Dick Nelson |
Story by | William Roberts |
Produced by | Robert Arthur |
Starring | George Peppard Diana Muldaur |
Cinematography | Alric Edens |
Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
Music by | David Shire |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
One More Train to Rob is a 1971 American comedy western film directed by Andrew McLaglen, starring George Peppard, [1] and featuring Diana Muldaur, John Vernon and France Nuyen.
The shooting title for the film was Hark. [2]
Set in the Old West, the story is about train-robber Harker Fleet (Peppard), who is sent to prison for assaulting a sheriff and his deputy while trying to escape a forced marriage, set up by his former partner, Timothy Xavier Nolan (John Vernon). Fleet serves his time, but gets out of prison early, for good behavior. Once he is released from prison, he travels to the town of Calador, intending to settle the score with Nolan for railroading him and stealing his woman, Katy (Diana Muldaur).
Filming started 9 March 1970. [3]
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