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The Great Locomotive Chase: Directed by Francis D. Lyon. With Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton. During the Civil War Union spy Andrews and his men volunteer to steal a Confederate train and drive it to Union territory while destroying the Confederate railway system along the way.
- (1.4K)
- Action, Adventure, Family
- Francis D. Lyon
- 1956-08-17
The Great Locomotive Chase is a 1956 American adventure western film produced by Walt Disney Productions, based on the Great Locomotive Chase that occurred in 1862 during the American Civil War.
A classic adventure film based on a true story of the Andrews Raiders, who stole a Confederate train to sabotage the Southern railroads during the Civil War. The movie features a cast of familiar faces, such as Fess Parker, John Lupton, and Claude Jarman Jr.
- Francis D. Lyon
- Jeffrey Hunter
Synopsis. During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.
- Francis D. Lyon
- 85 min
- 18
Disney's live-action movie The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) details a fascinating episode of the American Civil War. On April 12, 1862, a Union spy named James. J. Andrews led a group of volunteer Union soldiers to seize control of a Confederate passenger train in Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), Georgia.
- Francis Lyon, Robert Shannon
- Fess Parker
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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...
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