The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, also known as The Taking of Pelham 123, is a heist film released in 1974, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Jerry Stiller, and Martin Balsam. It was directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Edgar J. Scherick, and was based on the novel of the same title by John Godey. Peter Stone wrote the screenplay, which takes its basics from the novel but is highly different in approach, embracing a kind of New York City...
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, also known as The Taking of Pelham 123, is a heist film released in 1974, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Jerry Stiller, and Martin Balsam. It was directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Edgar J. Scherick, and was based on the novel of the same title by John Godey. Peter Stone wrote the screenplay, which takes its basics from the novel but is highly different in approach, embracing a kind of New York City cynicism.
In New York City, four men—each wearing a near-identical trenchcoat, thick-rimmed eyeglasses, hat, and wide fake moustache, and carrying a briefcase—board, at different station stops on the Pelham 123 subway train run of the 6 Lexington Avenue Local service, bound from the Pelham Bay Park station in the Bronx to Manhattan. Each briefcase conceals a submachine gun, and the men hijack the train, calling one another Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Brown. They soon secure a small, easily supervisable group of hostages, whom they...
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