Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a railroad engineer, too, but one day the train he is piloting loses its brakes and wrecks.
Is it worth the ticket? If you like movies where people stand around looking wounded about their reputations, you’re in the right place. It’s definitely not for anyone who needs fast pacing or, you know, a plot that doesn't feel like it was pulled from a dusty trunk in an attic. It’s a bit of a relic, but there's a wei...
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"Is it worth the ticket? If you like movies where people stand around looking wounded about their reputations, you’re in the right place. It’s definitely not for anyone who needs fast pacing or, you know, a plot that doesn't feel like it was pulled from a dusty trunk in an attic. It’s a bit of a relic, but there's a weird charm to it if you're in the mood for some old-fashioned melodrama. Jimmy’s hero worship of Casey Jones starts the whole thing off on a really earnest foot. It’s almost too swe..."
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