Tough Guys Movie Review 1986

Two aging ex-cons, who staged America's last train robbery in 1961, try to come to terms with modern life after many years in prison. Amazed and hurt by the treatment of the elderly in the 1980s, frustrated with their inability to find something worthwhile to do, they begin to plan one last heist. Tailor-made for Lancaster and Douglas, who are wonderful. Script becomes cliched at end.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure, Trains, Heists: Trains, Growing Older, Buddies, Screen Teams: Lancaster & Douglas, One Last Job, Ex-Cons

Screenplay

James Orr, Jim Cruickshank

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Eli Wallach, Jake Steinfeld, Dana Carvey, Alexis Smith, Darlanne Fluegel, Billy Barty, Monty Ash

Director

Jeff Kanew

Music

James Newton Howard

Producer

Touchstone Pictures