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Wilford Brimley, Levon Helm, Mary Steenburgen, Barbara Barrie, Henderson Forsythe ... see more see more... , Bob Balaban , Kevin Bacon , Michael Beach , Holly Hunter , Missy Platt , Caroll Dee Bland , Trey Wilson , Don Hood , Clint Howard , Rita Jenrette , Lillian Grimes , Dan DeMott , Bruce McGill , Howard Morris , Armando Garza , Velva Walthall , Clay Crosby , Trey Fancher , Robert A. Ginnaven , Steve Wilkerson

Two Southern railroad workers drive a train engine to Chicago to protest the closing of the station in Clifford, Arkansas. Will Haney (Wilford Brimley) and his friend Leo Pickett (Levon Helm) steal th... read more read more...e engine and hope to confront the company president to prevent the shutdown. The duo gathers encouragement at every hamlet along the way as entire towns come out to lend support for the cause. The company tries to use the rural rubes to their promotional advantage, but Haney and Pickett take a stand and win an audience with aging company figurehead Thomas Clinton (Henderson Forsythe). Clinton takes a liking to the two activists and agrees to let himself be kidnapped back to Clifford. Mary Steenburgen, Kevin Bacon, and Barbara Barrie co-star in this routine but entertaining moral melodrama. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Jay Russell

Release Date: August 28, 1987

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Philip Martin
March 27, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

more heart than expertise but a fine family film

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 28, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Brims with respect for the fighting spirit of displaced workers. Full Review

Janet Maslin
April 24, 2007
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

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Lori Hoffman
March 9, 2006
Lori Hoffman, Atlantic City Weekly

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Emanuel Levy
October 10, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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