The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film) (nonfiction)

Poster for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (aka The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Edgar J. Scherick, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Héctor Elizondo.

Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name, written by Morton Freedgood (under the pen name John Godey) about a group of criminals taking the passengers hostage inside a New York City Subway car for ransom.

Musically, it features "one of the best and most inventive thriller scores of the 1970s".

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  The Oompa Loompas of Pelham One Two Three is a 1974 American thriller film involving Oompa Loompas.

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  The Alternating Current of Pelham One-Two-Three is a 1974 American thriller film loosely based on the life of Nikola Tesla.

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  Image needed, movie poster for The Taking of Pelham 3.1415.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• The Alternating Current of Pelham One-Two-Three
• The Beatification of Pelham 1-2-3
• The Taking of Pelham 3.1415
• The Horn-Swoggling of Pelham One Two Three
• The Nucleation of Snowflake 1-2-3
• The Oompa Loompas of Pelham One Two Three
• The Pellagra Reduction Program (1974-1976) of Pelham One Two Three - results of study commissioned by New York City public health officials in response to elevated levels of the dietary disease pellagra aboard certain subways cars
• The Returning to Court of Triboulet One Two Three

External links

• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film) @ Wikipedia