The F.B.I.: How to Murder an Iron Horse (1965)
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Though he would frequently be cast in later FBI episodes as a crime victim, David Macklinis here seen as a the heavy of the piece, a deranged teenager named Howard "Howdy" Collier. After blowing up a freight train with a homemade time bomb, Howdy threatens to destroy a passenger train if he isn't paid a ransom of $100,000. To locate the seriously disturbed Collier, Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr. puts the boy's mother (Louise Latham) under surveillance--while a new and unanticipated danger looms over the horizon. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Robert Knapp - 1st Special Agent
- David Macklin - Howdy Collier
- Nick Nicholson - Engineer
- Paul Fix - Willard Oberley
- Karl Held - 2nd Special Agent
- Louise Latham - Mrs. Collier
- Len Wayland - Vic Roberts
- Claude Akins - Ben Gambriella
- Alex Gerry - Chairman
- Noah Keen - Examiner
- Director(s):
- Christian Nyby
- Writer(s):
- Don Brinkley
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