End of the Line (1988)

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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:

Director(s):

Jay Russell

Writer(s):

Pierre-Wiliam Glenn, Bill Kerby, John Wohlbruck

Producer(s):

Lewis M. Allen, Peter Newman, Paul Newman

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG(Questionable for Children, Profanity, Adult Language)

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