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The Dion Brothers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Starrett released in USA on 16 june 1974 with Stacy Keach
The Dion Brothers (1974)
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Add to a movie listThe Gravy Train also known as The Dion Brothers is a 1974 film directed by Jack Starrett with a screenplay by Terrence Malick and Bill Kerby. It stars Stacy Keach and Frederic Forrest.
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Two West Virginia brothers quit their jobs as coal miners to make their fortune from armed robbery.Actors
Stacy Keach
(Calvin)
Frederic Forrest
(Russell (Rut) Dion)
Margot Kidder
(Margie)
Barry Primus
(Tony)
Denny Miller
(Rex)
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