Actors: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Ricardo Montalban
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Train Robbers
THE TRAIN ROBBERS is a western written and directed by Burt Kennedy in 1973.
A few years ago, Mrs. Lowe's husband stole US $500,000 in gold and hid it in the Mexican desert. Now Mrs. Lowe, after the brutal death of her husband, wants to clear his name and returns the loot to the Wells Fargo. She hires Lane (Wayne) and his friends to escort her to Mexico and find the gold. But there is still a small problem : her husband's former accomplices also want their share of the loot and decide to follow Lane in the desert. Once Lane has found the gold in the boiler of an old locomotive lost in the sand, the bad guys attack.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The Train Robbers
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- searching for stashed treasure
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- cowboy
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- gang
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Desert?
Yes
Forest?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
