Movie
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Overview
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-06-10
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Escape Artists, Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Walter Garber
- John Travolta as Ryder
- John Turturro as Lt. Camonetti
- Luis Guzmán as Phil Ramos
- James Gandolfini as Mayor
- Michael Rispoli as John Johnson
- Gary Basaraba as Jerry Pollard, motorman
- Alex Kaluzhsky as George, teen hostage
- Alice Kremelberg as George's Girlfriend
- Katherine Sigismund as Mother-hostage
- Jake Siciliano as Boy hostage
- Gbenga Akinnagbe as Wallace, hostage
Crew
- Tony Scott - Director
- Brian Helgeland - Screenplay
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