End of the Line (1988)

60% of critics liked it
(5 reviews)
31% of users liked it
(251 ratings)

Two Southern railroad workers drive a train engine to Chicago to protest the closing of the station in Clifford, Arkansas. Will Haney (Wilford Brimley) and his friend Leo Pickett (Levon Helm) steal the engine and hope to confront the company president to prevent the shutdown. The duo gathers… More Two Southern railroad workers drive a train engine to Chicago to protest the closing of the station in Clifford, Arkansas. Will Haney (Wilford Brimley) and his friend Leo Pickett (Levon Helm) steal the engine and hope to confront the company president to prevent the shutdown. The duo gathers encouragement at every hamlet along the way as entire towns come out to lend support for the cause. The company tries to use the rural rubes to their promotional advantage, but Haney and Pickett take a stand and win an audience with aging company figurehead Thomas Clinton (Henderson Forsythe). Clinton takes a liking to the two activists and agrees to let himself be kidnapped back to Clifford. Mary Steenburgen, Kevin Bacon, and Barbara Barrie co-star in this routine but entertaining moral melodrama. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By: Jay Russell
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Aug 28, 1987 Wide
Studio: Lionsgate

Critic Reviews

Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
more heart than expertise but a fine family film
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Brims with respect for the fighting spirit of displaced workers.

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Cast

            Wilford Brimley as Will Haney

            Levon Helm as Leo Pickett

            Mary Steenburgen as Rose Pickett

            Barbara Barrie as Jean Haney

            Henderson Forsythe as Thomas Clinton

            Bob Balaban as Warren Gerber

            Kevin Bacon as Everett

            Michael Beach as Alvin

            Holly Hunter as Charlotte Haney

            Missy Platt as Jeannie

            Caroll Dee Bland as Chester

            Trey Wilson as Sheriff Maxie Howell

            Don Hood
            
            Clint Howard as Les Sullivan

            Rita Jenrette as Sharon

            Lillian Grimes as Lucy

            Dan DeMott as Travers

            Bruce McGill as Billy Haney

            Howard Morris as Hobo

            Armando Garza as Gonzalez

            Velva Walthall as Bartender

            Clay Crosby as Gas Station Attendant

            Trey Fancher as Tommy

            Robert A. Ginnaven as State Trooper

            Steve Wilkerson as State Trooper
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