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Emperor of the North Pole is a 1973 American action adventure film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, and Charles Tyner.
May 24, 1973 · A hobo named A No. 1 challenges a ruthless railway conductor named Shack to ride his train for free during the Great Depression. Based on Jack London's short story, the film features Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine.
- (7.1K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Robert Aldrich
- 1973-05-24
In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the No...
- 99 min
- 93.2K
- Suko Elston
Aug 18, 2023 · Emperor Of The North. Topics. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner, Malcolm Atterbury, Simon Oakland. During the Great Depression, the US is full of people who are now homeless.
“Emperor of the North” begins with a straightforward premise that seems ideal for an action movie. There is a conductor, Shack, whose obsession in life is to keep hoboes from riding his train. And there is a hobo, A-Number-One, whose obsession in life is to ride Shack’s train.
It is a period of great recessions in the US, and the land is full of people who fought in the World War and are now homeless. Those people, commonly called "hobos", are truly hated by Shack (Borgnine), a sadistical railway conductor who swore that no hobo will ride his train for free.
A legendary hobo, A No.1 (Lee Marvin) is renowned for his expertise in riding the rails for free, but he meets his match with Shack (Ernest Borgnine), a fierce railroad conductor who mercilessly ...
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- Adventure
- PG
