The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)
1974 American thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (also known as The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) is a 1974 American crime drama film[1] directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Gabriel Katzka and Edgar J. Scherick, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, and Héctor Elizondo.[3] Peter Stone adapted the screenplay[3] from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey.
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Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
Screenplay by | Peter Stone |
Based on | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1973 novel by John Godey |
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Cinematography | Owen Roizman |
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Music by | David Shire |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.8 million[2] |
The title is derived from the train's radio call sign, which is based upon where and when the train began its run; in this case, the train originated at the Pelham Bay Park station in the Bronx at 1:23 p.m. For several years after the film was released, the New York City Transit Authority would not schedule any train to leave Pelham Bay Park station at 1:23.[4]
The film received critical acclaim. Several critics called it one of 1974's finest films, and it was a box office success.[5] As in the novel, the film follows a group of criminals taking the passengers hostage inside a New York City Subway car for ransom. Musically, it features "one of the best and most inventive thriller scores of the 1970s".[6] It was remade in 1998 as a television film and in 2009 as a theatrical film.