Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!pesnta!pyramid!decwrl!amdcad!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!mangoe From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: net.railroad,net.movies Subject: Re: Railroad Movies Message-ID: <2971@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 12:10:41 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.2971 Posted: Fri Jan 31 12:10:41 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Feb-86 07:00:33 EST References: <1876@brl-tgr.ARPA> <1086@lsuc.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 19 Xref: lsuc net.railroad:469 net.movies:3181 In article <1086@lsuc.UUCP> msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes: >Net.railroad (ARPA railroad list) has had what seemed to me a rather >halfhearted series of articles on railway movies lately. I thought >I could do better. Here are two lists of railway movies that I've >seen that were good or excellent, in my opinion as a fan of both >railways and movies. >The first list is Railway Movies of the First Kind -- those where the >train or railway (or *subway) occupies a major role throughout the movie. >Rather than attempt to rank them, I'll just list them by date of release. >The letter A or B after the date denotes American or British. >1974 B The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (suspense)* I don't know who produced or directed this, but it was set and filmed in the NYC subway, and had almost nothing but american actors. C. Wingate