Poster for the western 'Breakheart Pass' (1975). Directed by Tom Gries. Starring Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland, Charles Durning, Ed Lauter, David Huddleston, Bill McKinney, Roy Jenson and Robert Tessier. On the poster an illustration of a moustached dark haired man hanging over a cliff on the side of a moving train. There's a man on the roof of the railcar with his right leg raised to stomp on the hands clinging onto the side of the roof. Snow covered valley below visible in the background. On the top right corner of the poster the tagline "Death rode the express to Breakheart Pass." in black letters. In the middle of the poster on the left 'Charles Bronson in Alistair MacLean's "Breakheart Pass"' in yellow letters.
Collage of four frames from the western 'Breakheart Pass' (1975). On the top left corner: Close-up of a wanted poster printed in a newspaper. On top of the poster "$2,000 Reward" on top of a black and white illustration of a moustached man. Below the illustration the name "John Murray". On the top right corner: A dark haired moustached man (Charles Bronson as John Murray) standing next to a body of a man lying on top of a wooden beam at the foot of a railroad bridge on his back. He's checking for the pulse with his right hand. On the bottom left corner: Angled shot from below of three runaway rail cars flying in the air as they're about to crash to the side of the hill. On the bottom right corner: Two men fighting on top of a snow covered moving train. Snow covered wooded mountainous landscape in the background on both sides of the rail track.
🚂❄️ Given what a massive fan of Alistair MacLean's books I was growing up it's probably no wonder that I'm willing to give even the weaker film adaptations of his novels like #BreakheartPass a benefit of the doubt. 📽️🎞️
PS. Although let's face it there are also some absolute stinkers out there.
