The Great Locomotive Chase
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| Directed by | Francis D. Lyon |
| Produced by | Lawrence Edward Watkin, Walt Disney |
| Written by | Lawrence Edward Watkin |
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Fess Parker Jeffrey Hunter John Lupton Stan Jones Slim Pickens |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.7 million (US) |
The Great Locomotive Chase is a 1956 Walt Disney Productions CinemaScope adventure film based on the real Great Locomotive Chase that occurred in 1862 during the American Civil War. The film stars Fess Parker as James J. Andrews, the leader of a group of Union soldiers from various Ohio regiments who volunteered to go behind Confederate lines in civilian clothes, steal a Confederate train north of Atlanta, and drive it back to Union lines in Tennessee, tearing up railroad tracks and destroying bridges and telegraph lines along the way.
Written and produced by Lawrence Edward Watkin and directed by Francis D. Lyon, the 85-minute full-color film also features Jeffrey Hunter, John Lupton, Kenneth Tobey, Don Megowan, and Slim Pickens. Paul J. Smith composed the score. Filmed in Georgia and North Carolina, along the now abandoned Tallulah Falls Railway, it was released in U.S. theaters by Buena Vista Distribution Company on June 8, 1956, and capitalized on Parker's growing fame as an actor from his portrayal of Davy Crockett. The film reteamed him with Jeff York (Mike Fink).
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