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Assault on the Pay Train

DirectorRoberto Farias

“The film people have been waiting for: the violent story of the most audacious assault ever done in Brazil”

8.0 / 10 · 31 votes

1962

1h 42m

CrimeDrama

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

Eliezer Gomes

Tião Medonho

Reginaldo Faria

Grilo Peru

Jorge Dória

Delegado

Átila Iório

Tonho

Grande Otelo

Cachaça

Ruth de Souza

Judith

Luiza Maranhão

Zulmira

Helena Ignez

Marta

Dirce Migliaccio

Edgar's Wife

Miguel Rosenberg

Edgar

Clementino Kelé

Lino

Oswaldo Louzada

Miguel's tenant

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