Release Date: 1971-04-16
Overview: A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.
Rating: 8 / 10
Rod Taylor
as Hank Brackett
Dennis Cole
as Johnny Reach
Fernando Lamas
as Chucho Morales
John McIntire
as Cyrus Davenport
Michael Ansara
as Paco Morales
Douglas Hayes - Writer
Douglas Hayes - Director
Douglas Hayes - Producer
Unique train-oriented Western with Rod Taylor and several notables of the era RELEASED IN 1971 and written & directed by Douglas Heyes, "Powderkeg" chronicles events in 1914 when Mexican renegades ...