Directed by:
Tom GriesScreenplay:
Alistair MacLeanCinematography:
Lucien BallardComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Jill Ireland, Charles Durning, Ed Lauter, Richard Crenna, Bill McKinney, David Huddleston, Roy Jenson, Robert Tessier (more)VOD (1)
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Charles Bronson is at his dynamic, heroic best inthis suspenseful action-packed mystery-western based on the best-selling novel by Alistair MacLean. With a powerful cast that includes Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland and Charles Durning, Breakheart Pass throws open the throttle for runaway excitement! At the height of the frontier era, a locomotive races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote Army post. But one by one, the passengers are being murdered! Their only hope is John Deakin (Bronson), a mysterious prisoner-in-transit who must fight for his life - and the lives ofeveryone on the train - as he uncovers a deadly secret that explodes in a torrent of shocking revelations, explosive brawls and blazing gun battles. (official distributor synopsis)
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