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''The Great Locomotive Chase'' is a 1956 Walt Disney Productions CinemaScope adventure film based on the real Great Locomotive Chase that occurred in 1862 during the American Civil War. The film stars Fess Parker as James J. Andrews, the leader of a group of Union soldiers from various Ohio regiments who volunteered to go behind Confederate lines in civilian clothes, steal a Confederate train north of Atlanta, and drive it back to Union lines in Tennessee, tearing up railroad tracks and destroying bridges and telegraph lines along the way. Written and produced by Lawrence Edward Watkin and directed by Francis D. Lyon, the 85-minute full-color film also features Jeffrey Hunter, John Lupton, Kenneth Tobey, Don Megowan, and Slim Pickens. Paul J. Smith composed the score. Filmed in Georgia and North Carolina, along the now abandoned Tallulah Falls Railway, it was released in U.S. theaters by Buena Vista Distribution Company on June 8, 1956, and capitalized on Parker's growing fame as an actor from his portrayal of Davy Crockett. The film reteamed him with Jeff York (Mike Fink). Buster Keaton's 1926 feature film ''The General'' was based upon the same Civil War incident, though Keaton only loosely based his film on actual events, and made it a comedy, not a drama. ==Cast== *Fess Parker as James J. Andrews, Union spy and leader of the volunteers *Jeffrey Hunter as William A. Fuller, conductor of the Confederate train *Jeff York as William Campbell, Union soldier *John Lupton as Cpl. William Pittenger, Union soldier *Eddie Firestone as Robert Buffum, Union soldier *Kenneth Tobey as Anthony Murphy, Confederate engineer *Don Megowan as Marion A. Ross, Union soldier *Claude Jarman, Jr. as Jacob Parrott, Union soldier, first Medal of Honor recipient *Harry Carey, Jr. as William Bensinger, Union soldier *Leonard P. Geer as James A. Wilson (as Lennie Geer), Union soldier *George Robotham as William Knight, Union civilian train engineer/fireman *Stan Jones as Wilson W. Brown, Union civilian train engineer/fireman *Marc Hamilton as John Wollam, Union soldier *John Wiley as John M. Scott, Union soldier *Slim Pickens as Pete Bracken *Morgan Woodward as Alex, a Confederate soldier singing on troop train *Chuck Roberson as Confederate Prison Captain (uncredited) *Dick Sargent as Unnamed Union soldier (uncredited) *Dale Van Sickel as Alonzo Martin (uncredited) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Great Locomotive Chase」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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