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End of the Line is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jay Russell released in USA on 28 august 1987 with Wilford Brimley
End of the Line (1987)
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Add to a movie listEnd of the Line is a 1987 drama film directed by Jay Russell.
Leo Pickett and Will Haney, railroad workers in Little Rock, Arkansas, find out the parent company of the Southland railroad is about to close their yard and layoff the employees, switching all future shipments to the air freight business.
In a last-ditch effort to save their jobs, the two men "borrow" a locomotive and drive it from Clifford, Arkansas, to Chicago, Illinois, to make their case to Thomas G. Clinton, the railroad's Chairman of the Board.
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Jugeant peu rentable certaines lignes de chemins de fer, une compagnie de transports ferroviaire décide d'en fermer. Cette fermeture marque la condamnation d'employés au chômage. Mais deux employés, refusant de se soumettre, décident de voler une locomotive afin de se rendre au siège de leur entreprise.Actors
Wilford Brimley
(Will Haney)
Kevin Bacon
(Everett)
Mary Steenburgen
(Rose Pickett)
Levon Helm
(Leo Pickett)
Holly Hunter
(Charlotte)
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