Powderkeg

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.

Cast

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

as Hank Brackett

Dennis Cole

Dennis Cole

as Johnny Reach

Fernando Lamas

Fernando Lamas

as Chucho Morales

John McIntire

John McIntire

as Cyrus Davenport

Michael Ansara

Michael Ansara

as Paco Morales

Tisha Sterling

Tisha Sterling

as Beth Parkinson

Melodie Johnson

Melodie Johnson

as Miss Baker

Reni Santoni

Reni Santoni

as Ricardo Sandoval

Luciana Paluzzi

Luciana Paluzzi

as Juanita Sierra-Perez

Joe De Santis

Joe De Santis

as Col. Delgado

Reviews

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...

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