---
title: 'The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Francis D. Lyon'
released: '1956-06-08'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-locomotive-chase-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049279/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)

1956 · 85 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Great Locomotive Chase is a 1956 American adventure Western film produced by Walt Disney Productions, based on the Great Locomotive Chase that occurred in 1862 during the American Civil War. Filmed in CinemaScope and in color, the film stars Fess Parker as James J. Andrews, the leader of a group of Union soldiers from various Ohio regiments who volunteered to go behind Confederate lines in civilian clothes, steal a Confederate train north of Atlanta, and drive it back to Union lines in Tennessee, tearing up railroad tracks and destroying bridges and telegraph lines along the way.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Stan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/stan-jones), [Paul Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-smith)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney), [Lawrence Edward Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-edward-watkin)
- **Director:** [Francis D. Lyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-d-lyon)
- **Screenplay:** [Lawrence Edward Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-edward-watkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles P. Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-p-boyle)
- **Editor:** [Ellsworth Hoagland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellsworth-hoagland)

## Cast

- [Stan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/stan-jones) as Wilson Brown
- [Marc Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-hamilton) as John Wollam
- [John Wiley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wiley) as John M. Scott
- [George Robotham](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-robotham) as William Knight
- [John Lupton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lupton) as William Pittenger
- [Fess Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/fess-parker) as James J. Andrews
- [Don Megowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-megowan) as Marion A. Ross
- [Slim Pickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/slim-pickens) as Pete Bracken
- [Eddie Firestone](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-firestone) as Robert Buffum
- [Jeffrey Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-hunter) as William A. Fuller
- [Morgan Woodward](https://cinepixo.com/people/morgan-woodward) as Alex
- [Kenneth Tobey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-tobey) as Anthony Murphy
- [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- [Claude Jarman, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-jarman-jr) as Jacob Parrott
- [Harry Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-carey) as William Bensinger

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/the-great-locomotive-chase
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-locomotive-chase-1956
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