End of the Line (1988)
- Starring:
- Wilford Brimley, Levon Helm, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jay Russell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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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 the 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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 105 mins
Complete Cast of End of the Line
- Wilford Brimley - Will Haney
- Mary Steenburgen - Rose Pickett
- Henderson Forsythe - Thomas Clinton
- Kevin Bacon - Everett
- Holly Hunter - Charlotte Haney
- Caroll Dee Bland - Chester
- Don Hood
- Rita Jenrette - Sharon
- Dan DeMott - Travers
- Howard Morris - Hobo
- Velva Walthall - Bartender
- Trey Fancher - Tommy
- Steve Wilkerson - State Trooper
- Levon Helm - Leo Pickett
- Barbara Barrie - Jean Haney
- Bob Balaban - Warren Gerber
- Michael Beach - Alvin
- Missy Platt - Jeannie
- Trey Wilson - Sheriff Maxie Howell
- Clint Howard - Les Sullivan
- Lillian Grimes - Lucy
- Bruce McGill - Billy Haney
- Armando Garza - Gonzalez
- Clay Crosby - Gas Station Attendant
- Robert A. Ginnaven - State Trooper
- Director(s):
- Jay Russell
- Writer(s):
- John Wohlbruck, Bill Kerby, Jay Russell
- Producer(s):
- Lewis M. Allen, Paul Newman, Peter Newman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity)
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