Assault on the Pay Train
7.8
“The film people have been waiting for: the violent story of the most audacious assault ever done in Brazil”
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
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Cast
19 people
Eliezer Gomes
Tião Medonho
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Reginaldo Faria
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Jorge Dória
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Átila Iório
Tonho
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Judith
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Luiza Maranhão
Zulmira
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Helena Ignez
Marta
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Dirce Migliaccio
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Miguel Rosenberg
Edgar
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Clementino Kelé
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Oswaldo Louzada
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Roberto Farias Director · Luiz Carlos Barreto Story Alinor Azevedo Story
First release September 2, 1962 · Produced in Brazil · Original title O Assalto ao Trem Pagador
Production
Herbert Richers
Production
Brazil
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Languages
Original title
O Assalto ao Trem Pagador
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · September 2, 1962
Theatrical · Cinemateca
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
February 26, 1966 · Theatrical
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