Movie: Assault on the Pay Train

Top 10 Billed Cast

Eliezer Gomes
Eliezer Gomes

Tião Medonho

Reginaldo Faria
Reginaldo Faria

Grilo Peru

Jorge Dória
Jorge Dória

Delegado

Átila Iório
Átila Iório

Tonho

Grande Otelo
Grande Otelo

Cachaça

Ruth de Souza
Ruth de Souza

Judith

Luiza Maranhão
Luiza Maranhão

Zulmira

Helena Ignez
Helena Ignez

Marta

Dirce Migliaccio
Dirce Migliaccio

Edgar's Wife

Miguel Rosenberg
Miguel Rosenberg

Edgar

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1962-09-02

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    Português
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