Emperor of the North (1973)
If you can ride Shack's Train and Live - You'll be...
Director: Robert Aldrich · Writers: Christopher Knopf, Jack London
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
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Director
Robert Aldrich
Cast
Lee Marvin
A No. 1 
Ernest Borgnine
Shack 
Keith Carradine
Cigaret 
Charles Tyner
Cracker 
Malcolm Atterbury
Hogger 
Simon Oakland
Policeman 
Harry Caesar
Coaly 
Hal Baylor
Yardman's Helper 
Matt Clark
Yardlet 
Elisha Cook Jr.
Gray Cat 
Joe Di Reda
Dinger 
Liam Dunn
Smile User Reviews (1)
Nobody gets a free ride on this train! It's the great depression and the US is now home to many homeless hobos. Shack is a particularly nasty piece of work, devoid of any compassion for the homeless, he prides himself on not letting any one ride free aboard the train he conducts upon. But in the midst is hobo supreme, A No. 1, a man who is never afraid to take up a challenge, so along with Cigaret, a young wannabe legend, he sets about destroying Shack's reputation whilst furthering his own. Make no bones about it, Emperor Of The North Pole is unashamedly macho, director Robert Aldrich filling his picture with machismo beefcakes and molding a story of brawn versus brawn aboard the unlikely setting of a steam train journey. Boasting Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine (both excellent) as the twin main leads signals the films intent, yet the picture offers more than just egotistical blust…
