Breakheart Pass

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Breakheart Pass

PG

1975

1h 35m

Western

Mystery & Thriller

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When diphtheria breaks out at Fort Humboldt, a train is dispatched with medical supplies and relief troops. Also on board are Utah's governor (Richard Crenna), his mistress (Jill Ireland), a marshal (Ben Johnson) and his prisoner, outlaw John Deakin (Charles Bronson). As the train passes through the mountains, soldiers go missing, telegraph lines are cut and it's discovered that there is no epidemic. There's a conspiracy afoot, and it's up to Deakin, actually a federal agent, to expose it.

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Noel Murray

The Dissolve

The movie offers an unusual spin on a classic Hollywood genre... by starting in a relatively civilized part of late-19th-century America and then rolling way out into the wilderness, becoming more of a Western as it goes.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 11, 2014

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Eddie Harrison

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...one of the best action films of the 1970’s, with spectacular, non-fake action in and around a moving train, plot twists and clever dialogue, plus an unfamiliar setting; a train supposedly packed with medical supplies, actually full of guns and ammo...

Rated: 4/5

Jan 30, 2024

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

A good old-fashioned shootout sets everything to rights.

May 5, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Crackerjack entertainment.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 21, 2021

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Joe Leydon

The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)

Director Tom Gries serves up every cliché with refreshing exuberance, and his cast is just about perfect.

Aug 16, 2021

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Jacoba Atlas

Los Angeles Free Press

The pity is that the level of achievement is so simplistic that boredom sets in rather quickly.

Nov 18, 2019

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Brad S. R

There's some nice train footage and scenery in it, but otherwise there isn't much to this western who-done-it mystery.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Gene R

What I like about this movie, Breakheart Pass, is the raw feel of it and the almost haphazard progression of events. It lends an air of unscripted realism to a convoluted plot. Plus Bronson. And Ireland. Come on.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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James M

A very amateur and boring movie that comes across more as a made for TV movie maybe even a soap opera during the daytime it's shocking that so many class actors such as Richard Crenna and Ben Johnson even Charles Bronson and others came across as total amateur actors. shocking, really how such a poor movie was made it seems cheap and everything seems sort of stilted, there's no flow to anything. I've never seen such wooden performances by all concerned.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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Michael L

Really good movie with great actors Twists and turns all the way Kinda Murder on the orient express set in the turn of century American west

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Peter G

Not sure why this movie gets such low ratings, but it was entertaining, had good acting, was realistic, and the music was great.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Audience Member

Well worth the watch, James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas, April 20, 2023

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/20/23

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Synopsis

When diphtheria breaks out at Fort Humboldt, a train is dispatched with medical supplies and relief troops. Also on board are Utah's governor (Richard Crenna), his mistress (Jill Ireland), a marshal (Ben Johnson) and his prisoner, outlaw John Deakin (Charles Bronson). As the train passes through the mountains, soldiers go missing, telegraph lines are cut and it's discovered that there is no epidemic. There's a conspiracy afoot, and it's up to Deakin, actually a federal agent, to expose it.

Director: Tom Gries
Producer: Jerry Gershwin
Screenwriter: Alistair MacLean
Production Co: Elliott Kastner Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Western, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 35m

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