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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
· Movie
· 104 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #495
- IMDb #940
- Rotten Tomatoes #276
- Metacritic #1246
- Letterboxd #461
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #137
+5 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #823
- Metacritic Audience #682
- Kinopoisk #1123
- AlloCiné #1959
- Trakt #1132
Every rating
68–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98.
See the most agreed on films →Four armed men, using color-coded aliases, hijack a New York City subway car and hold its passengers for ransom. They demand one million dollars within one hour, or they will start killing hostages. The city's harried transit police lieutenant must negotiate with the calm, intelligent leader of the hijackers through the train's radio.
Details
- Director
- Joseph Sargent
- Writer
- Peter Stone
- Based on
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Morton Freedgood
- Released
- 2 October 1974
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
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Cast
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Awards
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 3 nominations total
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