End of the Line (1988)
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60% of critics liked it
(5 reviews) -
39% of users liked it
(265 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
- Directed By
- Jay Russell
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 28, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Lionsgate
Critic Reviews
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
more heart than expertise but a fine family film
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Brims with respect for the fighting spirit of displaced workers.
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Cast
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Wilford Brimley
as Will Haney
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Levon Helm
as Leo Pickett
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Mary Steenburgen
as Rose Pickett
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Barbara Barrie
as Jean Haney
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Henderson Forsythe
as Thomas Clinton
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Bob Balaban
as Warren Gerber
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Kevin Bacon
as Everett
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Michael Beach
as Alvin
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Holly Hunter
as Charlotte Haney
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Missy Platt
as Jeannie
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Caroll Dee Bland
as Chester
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Trey Wilson
as Sheriff Maxie Howell
- Don Hood
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Clint Howard
as Les Sullivan
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Rita Jenrette
as Sharon
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Lillian Grimes
as Lucy
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Dan DeMott
as Travers
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Bruce McGill
as Billy Haney
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Howard Morris
as Hobo
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Armando Garza
as Gonzalez
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Velva Walthall
as Bartender
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Clay Crosby
as Gas Station Attendant
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Trey Fancher
as Tommy
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Robert A. Ginnaven
as State Trooper
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Steve Wilkerson
as State Trooper
