The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 123movies

Watch: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 123movies, Full Movie Online – Four seemingly-unrelated men board subway train Pelham 1:23 at successive stations. Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey and Mr. Brown are heavily armed and overpower the motorman and novice conductor to take control of the train. Between stations they separate the front car from the remainder of the train, setting passengers in the back cars and the motorman free. The four demand $1 million ransom within exactly one hour for the remaining eighteen hostages, including the conductor. If their demands are not met in time or their directions are not followed precisely, they will begin to shoot hostages dead, one every minute the money is late. Wisecracking Lt. Zach Garber of the transit police ends up being the primary communicator between the hijackers and the authorities, which includes transit operations, his own police force, the NYPD, and the unpopular and currently flu ridden mayor who will make the ultimate decision of whether to pay the ransom. Unknown to Garber, what may be working on their side is the disparate nature of the four hijackers, including methodical and unbending Blue, trigger happy Grey, and also under the weather Green, who may pass out before the caper has concluded. What Garber does know is that there is a plain clothes NYPD officer among the eighteen hostages. What Garber has to try and figure out is how the four hijackers can possibly get away, as they are in a tunnel and have to remain with the train since it has a dead-man mechanism which requires a motorman at the controls at all times..
Plot: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it’s paid, how could they get away?
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Ratings:

	7.6/10 Votes: 31,251
	100% | RottenTomatoes
	68/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 364 Popularity: 11.383 | TMDB

Reviews:

What a Thrill!
Every time I put this one on and watch it, I feel like I’m sitting in the front seat of a bad-a** roller coaster about to go on the ride of my life. This movie grabs you by the neck and forces you down into the dirty, dank subway and onto that terror-filled car. New York City in the ’70s; what joy! This movie feels gritty and almost has a semi-documentary smell to it. The acting is top-notch; Matthau’s Garber and Shaw’s ‘Mr. Blue’ play a nice little game of mental cat-and-mouse that will please even the most cynical viewer. Oh, one more thing… the theme music rocks out loud!

Over-the-top thriller about a hijack gang seizes a NYC subway train and holds passengers for a big ransom
Crafty and tense thriller about a nasty team led by a tough attacker (Robert Shaw) and his underlings (Martin Balsam , Hector Elizondo , Earl Hindman) hijack a subway car holding 17 passengers for 1 million ransom . Then , a Transit Authority Inspector (Walter Matthaw) to be communicated with them . Among the passengers are a slice of the N.Y urban life , as the occupants represent a cross-section of the metropolis : a pimp , a Puerto Rico pregnant woman , a hooker , a mother with his small children , a Wasp , a homosexual , a hippie , an African-American , and an undercover cop . As authorities are determined to pay the money and get thing over .

A fast and stylish movie with very fine pacing that keeps things on the edge of your seat . Top-notch action movie , if slightly mechanical in which some passengers are kidnapped with a juicy million dollar ransom in mind . A sincere and well-meaning screenplay , as Peter Stone’s snappy script hardly needs to resort to the foul-mouthed language it sometimes uses . The movie retains a fascination and attractive the way others 70’s films did . The pace of the thriller aspect is unflagging , as the roles are unerringly drawn from a masterful casting . An all-star-cast lends powerful interpretations to this fascinating movie . Over-the-range Walter Matthaw who chews up the scenery as the railway security chief and saviour of the system ; he harks back his early performance days as a tough man with a Bronx accent . And Robert Shaw is invaluable as the grim heavy as well as two-fisted thief leader . Riveting support cast is frankly excellent , such as James Broderick , Doris Roberts , Julius Harris , Kenneth McMillan , and best of the rest : Dick O’Neill , Jerry Stiller and Tony Roberts as a straight-talking deputy mayor , among others . New cinematic techniques used by the great cameraman Owen Roizman defies shadowy along the dark underground like never before . Thrilling and moving musical score by David Shire in Lalo Schifrin style .

This nail-biting and heart-pounding motion picture was compellingly directed by Joseph Sargent , without a doubt one of the best movies of the seventies . Sargent directed as TV as cinema films with enjoyable results . Desperate , swift , nimble realization from Sargent who has made some of television’s finest hours , it’s been a monster hit in the 70s . Joseph made all kinds of genres , such as Comedy : ¨Coast to coast¨, ¨Tribes¨; Court-room drama : ¨Never forget¨ ; Sports : ¨Golden girl¨ ; Sci-Fi: ¨Colossus the forbidden Project¨ ; Biography : ¨MacArthur¨ , ¨Abraham¨, ¨Manions of America¨, ¨Mandela and Klerk¨ , ¨Arturo Sandoval story¨ , ¨WWII when lions roared¨; Terror : ¨Nightmares¨, ¨Jaws, the revenge¨ ; Drama : ¨The incident¨, ¨A lesson before dying¨ , ¨Passion Flower¨ ; Novels adaptation : ¨Dostoevsky’s Crime and punishment¨ ; Western : ¨Streets of Laredo¨ , and action ¨while lightning¨ and this one .

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 44 min (104 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
Director Joseph Sargent
Writer John Godey, Peter Stone
Actors Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 BAFTA 3 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses, Panavision Panaflex, Panavision R 200
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), Movielab, New York (NY), USA
Film Length 2,860 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm