The Great Locomotive Chase is a 1956 American adventure western film made by Walt Disney Productions that is based on the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War.
Directed By: Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lupton, Jeff York and Slim Pickens
Revenue: $1.7 million (US)
Synopsis:
It’s the Civil War, and Union spy James J. Andrews (Fess Parker) is on a top-secret mission: seize a Confederate train west of Atlanta and use it to sabotage and destroy Confederate supply channels on the way back to Union territory in Tennessee. The train’s conductor (Jeffrey Hunter) is on to Andrews and is desperate to derail the Union spy’s intentions before delivering the train to his fellow soldiers.