The Great Locomotive Chase
by Francis D. Lyon
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Actor: Eddie Firestone, Fess Parker, Jeff York, Jeffrey Hunter, John LuptonDirector: Francis D. Lyon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Reviews of The Great Locomotive Chase
DVD Review: Great for Civil War buffs
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband is a big Civil War buff and enjoys watching the programs that were out in the 50's and 60's. This sort of history seems to be disappearingDVD Review: Good idea for a movie.
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie, it is said, was made because Walt Disney loved trains and wanted a good train story to make. The plot itself is a great one, being rooted in history. The problem is that watching Fess Parker act is like watching toast do....well...nothing. It's really boring. The production value is great, and the guy who plays William Fuller steals the show. The punches are all air, and there's not a drop of blood in the whole thing. It's a mercenary spy story set in the Civil War, for goodness sake! I want to remake this movie.DVD Review: Great History
Summary: 4 Stars
Classic Disney movie, mostly upbeat seems a liuttle one sided. Civil war Medal of Honor recipientsDVD Review: Interesting Entertinment From An Old Era
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an interesting video, released in the mid 50's. It is typical Disney entertainment for that era: no sex, no cussing, no nudity. It was made for the purist. Fess Parker, of Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone fame, puts in a very good lead role. What makes this video film worth watching is the fantastic job Disney has done with props and reproductions of the locomotives of the Civil War era. This movie is a must for Civil War buffs, if nothing else. DVD Review: Old niche movie - Civil War Buffs will enjoy
Summary: 4 Stars
Having just complete a week long trek through Georgia following Gen. William T. Sherman's route through Atlanta to Savannah beginning in Ringgold, Georgia, I enjoyed this Old movie. It is as accurate as can be expected from a Disney production. We visited Tunnel Hill and the Southern Museum of Civil War Locomotive History in Kennesaw, where the Locomotive the General is on display.
Description of The Great Locomotive Chase
After commandeering a Confederate locomotive, heroic Yankee soldiers known as the Andrews Raiders try to bring about an early end to the Civil War by crippling the Southern railroad network. But their efforts are hampered by the unrelenting bravery of a single Rebel patriot.Disney's Great Locomotive Chase relates a true Civil War story about the Andrews Raiders, a team of 22 Union spies. In 1862 they snatched a train out from under the normally watchful eyes of Confederate troops based near Atlanta in a daredevil attempt to wreck the track and bridges of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. It was a high-stakes operation with a huge payoff. If they succeeded, they would effectively win the war; if they were caught, they were sure to be hanged. This 1956 feature shores up the suspense of the scheme masterfully. We watch, transfixed, as the relentless Confederate train conductor, William Fuller (played by the all-business Jeffrey Hunter) roars through a bevy of Southern stations hot on the heels of his hijacked locomotive. Will James Andrews (Fess Parker), leader of the Raiders, outrun him? History buffs won't need to keep watching for long, but they'll want to anyway--the portrayal of the Raiders' gumption and against-all-odds heroics pushes the basest, most human of audience buttons. It's not that The Great Locomotive Chase is a simple but well-done film about good vs. evil. Instead, it explores both sides' motives and draws gentle conclusions about honor, and it does so at an invigoratingly high clip. In that way, it's a movie worth sharing with kids 8 and older--there's no blood and only a sprinkling of violence here, but as with all war stories, tragedy plays a prominent role. --Tammy La Gorce
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