The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974 · 104 min · EN · R · 7.4 (433 votes)
Dir. Joseph Sargent · Starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick · Music David Shire

We are going to kill one passenger a minute until New York City pays us 1 million dollars.

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In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

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A gritty, anxiety-inducing 70s thriller. The city feels alive and dangerous, with a palpable sense of urban decay. It's a tense cat-and-mouse game filled with cynical characters and high stakes.

tensegrittycynicalanxioussteady1970s crime thrillerneo-noirgrounded realismurban decaypolitical corruptionsurvivalgreed
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