The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized gang with one of the mail's supposed guardians in their pay. Prizefighter Steve Davis, a former army intelligence man, is hired to track down the gang and save the Territorial Mail Service. Steve goes undercover in territorial prison, leans Morse Code from a fellow prisoner, breaks jail, infiltrates the gang...and finds time to romance dance-hall singer Mary, who proves to have hidden depths...
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Reginald Le BorgDirector
- Leonard LeeScreenplay
- Harry EssexScreenplay
Cast
- Stephen McNallySteve Davis
- Alexis SmithMary Williams
- Howard Da SilvaCavanaugh
- Ed BegleyHaynes
- Dan RissGeorge Armstrong
- Roy RobertsCharles De Haven
- Armando SilvestreIndian Joe
- Whit BissellSam
- James ArnessRussell
- Richard JaeckelNate
- Frankie DarroRufe
- Felipe TurichPete
Stills
Themes
train robbery