A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.
Rod Taylor
as Hank Brackett
Dennis Cole
as Johnny Reach
Fernando Lamas
as Chucho Morales
John McIntire
as Cyrus Davenport
Michael Ansara
as Paco Morales
Tisha Sterling
as Beth Parkinson
Melodie Johnson
as Miss Baker
Reni Santoni
as Ricardo Sandoval
Luciana Paluzzi
as Juanita Sierra-Perez
Joe De Santis
as Col. Delgado
Wuchak
Unique train-oriented Western with Rod Taylor and several notables of the era RELEASED IN 1971 and written & directed by Douglas Heyes, "Powderkeg" chronicles events in 1914 when Mexican renegades led by Chucho Morales (Fernando Lamas) hijack a train for leverage to get his brother out of jail in...