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Powderkeg

Their gun and guts for hire... and a blank check is their price

7.2(4)19711h 33m2

A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.

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Language
English
  • mercenary
  • revenge
  • train
  • railroad
  • mexican bandit
  • tv pilot

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    • TVNR16 Apr 1971

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Powderkeg was released on 16 April 1971.

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    Wuchak

    4/5/2018

    8/10

    Unique train-oriented Western with Rod Taylor and several notables of the era RELEASED IN 1971 and written & directed by Douglas Heyes, "Powderkeg" chronicles events in 1914 when Mexican renegades led by Chucho Morales (Fernando Lamas) hijack a train for leverage to get his brother out of jail in New Mexico (Michael Ansara). Two adventurer-mercenaries (Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole) are enlisted to rescue the 73 pass…

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