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Chattanooga Choo Choo

  • 1984
  • PG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
410
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Melissa Sue Anderson, Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Christopher McDonald, and Joe Namath in Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)
Comedy

Unscrupulous football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) will get one million dollars tax-free if he lives up to the terms of his recently deceased father-in-law's will. He has to restore the ... Read allUnscrupulous football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) will get one million dollars tax-free if he lives up to the terms of his recently deceased father-in-law's will. He has to restore the old man's favorite train, the Chattanooga Choo Choo, and make a twenty-four-hour run from ... Read allUnscrupulous football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) will get one million dollars tax-free if he lives up to the terms of his recently deceased father-in-law's will. He has to restore the old man's favorite train, the Chattanooga Choo Choo, and make a twenty-four-hour run from Chattanooga to New York City. Bert (Kennedy) sees this as his chance to get free from his ... Read all

  • Director
    • Bruce Bilson
  • Writers
    • Robert Mundi
    • Stephen Phillip Smith
  • Stars
    • Barbara Eden
    • George Kennedy
    • Melissa Sue Anderson
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    410
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bruce Bilson
    • Writers
      • Robert Mundi
      • Stephen Phillip Smith
    • Stars
      • Barbara Eden
      • George Kennedy
      • Melissa Sue Anderson
    • 10User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Barbara Eden
    Barbara Eden
    • Maggie Jones
    George Kennedy
    George Kennedy
    • Bert
    Melissa Sue Anderson
    Melissa Sue Anderson
    • Jennie
    Joe Namath
    Joe Namath
    • Newt Newton
    Bridget Hanley
    Bridget Hanley
    • Estelle
    Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald
    • Paul
    Clu Gulager
    Clu Gulager
    • Sam
    James Horan
    James Horan
    • Mason
    Davis Roberts
    Davis Roberts
    • Woodrow
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    Professor Toru Tanaka
    • Hashimoto
    Paul Brinegar
    Paul Brinegar
    • Pee Wee
    John Steadman
    John Steadman
    • Norman
    Parley Baer
    Parley Baer
    • Alonzo Dillard
    Tony Azito
    • Lucky Pierre
    Kelsie Blades
    • Rube
    • (uncredited)
    Candi Brough
    • Terri
    • (uncredited)
    Randi Brough
    • Susie
    • (uncredited)
    Lyle Byrum
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    • Director
      • Bruce Bilson
    • Writers
      • Robert Mundi
      • Stephen Phillip Smith
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    3Mister-6

    Look at all the empty boxcars....

    I have a theory about "Chattanooga Choo Choo".

    This was a made-for-TV movie (look at the cast!) and somehow the cans made their way to movie theaters instead of the network and inadvertently got shown at your local theater. That's the only explanation I can offer for why such a stupid movie got released.

    Eden's first major release in a decade is certainly nothing Major Nelson would approve of. With speeding trains, laxative, purple clothes, glue in peepholes, stuttering cheerleaders and Joe Namath, there is plenty of goofiness but nothing special. When George Kennedy in his underwear doesn't make you laugh, you know there's something seriously wrong.

    This "Choo Choo" is just a time-filler between an episode of "Taxi" and your local news.

    Three stars. No go, Joe.
    10pat-176

    Great, Hilarious Movie For Fun loving Viewers, Great Cast

    I enjoyed every minute of this. George Kennedy as Bert, a potential inheritor of his father's fortune was great. Barbara Eden as his fluzzy girl friend Maggie Jones was absolutely perfect and her handling of Bert, her overbearing, possessive, bumbling boyfriend was very believable Joe Namath, the football great, provided a love interest. The trip on an old train with the objective of making a required schedule and the intervening wide variety of shenanegans make this a really fun movie. Of course a little bathroom humor which is thrown in, might turn off a few straight laced people, but I found it funny because it was far from obscene. Overall, I found the acting of Barbara Eden, George Kennedy and Joe Namath excellent and hard to top.
    1mlionfire

    Train to Nowhere...

    Wonderful colors.... Hmmmmm what else can I say..... awful storyline, awful comedy, awful acting, just plain awful... even back then.... I'm always surprised when actors of the caliber of George Kennedy and Barbara Eden have their names associated with such turkeys as this movie.

    It is well filmed, in glorious, almost surreal colors, which I think is it's only saving grace... I sat through this tripe hoping(nay, praying)that it would somehow lift itself out of the mediocrity that is established in the first few scenes.... But no, I was disappointed... This waste of celluloid will remain just that.... and I'm truly amazed at how rubbish like this actually gets released.... But the colors were wonderful.
    2tedcpa

    A sure worst 10 member

    Strangely watchable, but not at one sitting!!!! Just look at the cast and story - NFL owner dies, leaves team to son-in-law (Kennedy)if he recreates travel of Chat Choo Choo to song (leaves Pennsylvnaia station at a quarter to four, etc) who is married to Hanley (Here Come the Brides, remember?), mistress is Eden, coach of team Namath, etc etc etc. Maybe if I could get a pan and scan edition of just Hanley?
    2Hup234!

    Derailed at the station.

    Even rail buffs will be turned off by this waste of celluloid. A non-connected, early-'80s "Porky"-style adolescent string of puns and bathroom humor that is an insult to anyone who has rented this expecting some railroad action. In fact, the train itself is hardly seen. Get "Silver Streak" instead.

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    • Trivia
      Film debut of John J. York.
    • Quotes

      Estelle: [on the phone] C-h-a-l-f-a-n-tay. Tay! As in Tay bag!

    • Crazy credits
      Outtakes are shown over the end credits.
    • Soundtracks
      Chattanooga Choo Choo
      Music by Harry Warren
      Lyrics by Mack Gordon

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El tren de Chattanooga
    • Filming locations
      • Railtown 1897 State Historic Park - Jamestown, California, USA(train scenes)
    • Production company
      • Chattanooga Choo Choo
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 42m(102 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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