The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974 film by Joseph Sargent
Movie film Q633171
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Summary

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,933 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Joseph Sargent[3]
  • Screenwriter: Peter Stone[4], Morton Freedgood[5]
  • Composer: David Shire[6]
  • Genre: heist film[7], action film[8], crime thriller film[9], thriller film[10], drama film[11]
  • Based on: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three[12]
  • Cast member: Walter Matthau[13], Robert Shaw[14], Martin Balsam[15], Héctor Elizondo[16], Jerry Stiller[17], Kenneth McMillan[18], Doris Roberts[19], Tony Roberts[20], Earl Hindman[21], Dick O'Neill[22], Wolfgang Lukschy[23], Heinz Petruo[24], Wolf Ackva[25], Norbert Gastell[26]
  • Producer: Edgar Scherick[27]
  • Production company: Edgar Scherick[28]
  • Director of photography: Owen Roizman[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 100%[32], 8.2/10[33], 68/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: September 1974[37], October 2, 1974[38], November 14, 1974[39], December 16, 1974[40], February 6, 1975[41], February 7, 1975[42], February 8, 1975[43], February 24, 1975[44], February 28, 1975[45], March 17, 1975[46], March 31, 1975[47], April 3, 1975[48], April 14, 1975[49], May 9, 1975[50]

Why It Matters

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  6. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imfdb id → The_Taking_of_Pelham_One_Two_Three_(1974)
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    Screenwriter → Peter Stone, Morton Freedgood
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