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   Sep 3, 2024 · A thriller written more than half a century ago, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey still thrills today. And it’s also something of a time capsule, capturing an era that is now passed but helped create our present time.

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3. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Taking of Pelham 123 by John Godey - Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 1973 · Read 239 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Thriller about hijacking of a New York subway train.

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   • Author: John Godey

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   October 2, 1974. 3 min read. Walter Matthau in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three." The notion sounds crazy to begin with. Four armed criminals hijack a subway train and hold 18 hostages. They’re surrounded by dozens of cops, they’re in a tunnel with no way out, and how do you hide a subway train?

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   • (Joseph Sargent, 1974) “Screw the passengers! What do they expect for their 35 cents — to live forever?!” The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three originally came to the big screen with the tagline “Everybody read it, now you can live it.”
   • (Félix Enríquez Alcalá, 1998) “Gesundheit.” Did you know that Quentin Tarantino borrowed Reservoir Dogs’ colourful codenames from Sargent’s film?
   • (Tony Scott, 2009) “You know, we all owe God a death.” On the other hand, when Tony Scott’s film departs from Pelham Station in the first 10 minutes, it makes an even bigger departure from the source material and both previous versions of it.

6. crimereads.com › the-ordinary-the-sublime-and-theThe Ordinary, the Sublime, and The Taking of Pelham One Two ...

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   Feb 18, 2022 · How a 1974 thriller made the New York City subway system, in all its bedraggled glory, a star. February 18, 2022 By Olivia Rutigliano. The New York City subway system has remained relatively unchanged since the 1970s. This an easy initial takeaway of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a 1974 film about a subway train hijacking that might have ...

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   The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973) is a thriller novel by Morton Freedgood, writing under the pen name John Godey. The novel's title is derived from the train's radio call sign.

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   Is the taking of Pelham 123 based on a true story?

   • “Just the people in them.” This exchange in the 2009 version of The Taking Of Pelham 123 is more loaded than it initially sounds. Based on a 1973 crime novel by John Godey, the story involves an audacious hijacking on the New York subway, in which the titular train and its 18 passengers are held to ransom by four heavily armed men.

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   Who wrote the taking of Pelham one two three?

   • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973) is a thriller novel by Morton Freedgood, writing under the pen name John Godey. The novel's title is derived from the train's radio call sign.

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   When was the taking of Pelham a hit movie?

   • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, his novel about the hijacking of a New York City subway train, was a bestseller in 1973 and was made into a hit movie starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw in 1974.

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   Why did you avoid the taking of Pelham one two three?

   • When “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” first appeared as a novel, I avoided it on the reasonable grounds that (a) there was no plausible way to hijack a subway train, and (b) if there was, it would be so obvious it wouldn’t be interesting. The movie’s plot inclines towards (b).

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   What happened at Pelham one two three?

   • A normal day on the subway is disrupted by the hijacking of a 6 train, designated Pelham One Two Three to indicate its point and time of origin. Four men armed with submachine guns detach the lead car and drive it into a tunnel with its 17 passengers as hostages.

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   How many times has Pelham been adapted?

   • The novel has been adapted to film and television three times: After the 1974 movie adaptation was released, for many years the New York City Transit Authority barred its planners from scheduling trains leaving Pelham station at 1:23 a.m. or p.m., realizing that it would become too much of a reminder to the public.

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9. openlibrary.org › books › OL18603344MThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three - Open Library

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   Nov 5, 2021 · After a New York City train leaves the Pelham station at 1:23 p.m., four armed men take control of it—along with seventeen passengers. Their demands are simple: deliver one million dollars, or the hostages will be killed one by one.