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Oct 1, 2011 · A “Breakheart Pass” was filmed on the Camas Prairie Railroad, a short line in Northern Idaho. Originally a cooperative building effort by predecessors of the Union Pacific and the BNSF in the early 20th century, as of 2004, remnants of the Camas Prairie are operated as the 77-mile Great Northwest Railroad by Watco Cos. of Pittsburg, Kan.
Dec 25, 1975 · Breakheart Pass: Directed by Tom Gries. With Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland. John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada.
- (8.8K)
- Drama, Mystery, Western
- Tom Gries
- 1975-12-25
Plot. In the 1870s, residents of the garrison at the Fort Humboldt frontier outpost of the United States Army are reported to be suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. A special express train is heading up into the remote mountain ranges towards the fort filled with reinforcements and medical supplies. Also, civilian passengers are on the train ...
When diphtheria breaks out at Fort Humboldt, a train is dispatched with medical supplies and relief troops. Also on board are Utah's governor (Richard Crenna), his mistress (Jill Ireland), a ...
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- Tom Gries
- PG
- Charles Bronson
Breakheart Pass - (Original Trailer) A U.S. Marshall (Charles Bronson) tries to bring in a captured outlaw during a treacherous train ride through Breakheart Pass (1976).
- Tom Gries, Yakima Canutt
- Ben Johnson
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After a sudden outbreak of diphtheria, the authorities dispatch an express train carrying reinforcement soldiers and medical supplies through the frozen West across the Rocky Mountains to aid the remote garrison of Fort Humboldt.
Charles Bronson is John Deakin, a U.S. undercover agent posing as an outlaw in order to get a ride on a train bound for Fort Humboldt on the other side of Breakheart Pass. The train is racing to the cavalry post with reinforcements, a doctor and medical supplies because of a diphtheria epidemic.
