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Supertrain

  • TV Series
  • 1979
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
234
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Joey Aresco, Ilene Graff, and Harrison Page in Supertrain (1979)
AdventureComedyCrime

The adventures of a nation-spanning train and its passengers.The adventures of a nation-spanning train and its passengers.The adventures of a nation-spanning train and its passengers.

  • Creators
    • Earl W. Wallace
    • Donald E. Westlake
  • Stars
    • Edward Andrews
    • Harrison Page
    • Robert Alda
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    234
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Earl W. Wallace
      • Donald E. Westlake
    • Stars
      • Edward Andrews
      • Harrison Page
      • Robert Alda
    • 9User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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  • Episodes9

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    Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews
    • Harry Flood
    Harrison Page
    Harrison Page
    • George Boone
    Robert Alda
    Robert Alda
    • Dr. Dan Lewis
    Patrick Collins
    Patrick Collins
    • Dave Noonan
    Nita Talbot
    Nita Talbot
    • Rose Casey
    Aarika Wells
    Aarika Wells
    • Gilda
    Bill Nuckols
    • Wally
    Michael DeLano
    Michael DeLano
    • Lou Atkins
    Charlie Brill
    Charlie Brill
    • Robert
    Ilene Graff
    Ilene Graff
    • Penny Whitaker
    Joey Aresco
    Joey Aresco
    • Wayne Randall
    Cameron Young
    • Fenner
    Maggie Jean Smith
    • Mike
    Deborah Allison
    Deborah Allison
    • Nurse
    Anthony Palmer
    Anthony Palmer
    • T. C. Baker
    Steve Lawrence
    Steve Lawrence
    • Mike Post
    Char Fontane
    • Cindy Chappel
    Don Stroud
    Don Stroud
    • Jack Fisk
    • Creators
      • Earl W. Wallace
      • Donald E. Westlake
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    • Trivia
      This was the most expensive American TV series ever produced at the time.
    • Goofs
      When the train leaves the station, the platform light fixtures are reflected in the train windows. They move along with the train because the train is standing still and the camera is moving.
    • Connections
      Featured in NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)

    User reviews9

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    Cool Train, Horrible Show
    NBC seemed to have thought with this show....

    Let's WOW them with FX, who cares about things like plot, story, characters, lines that the actors say, and so on.

    It didn't work, sure the train looked cool and all, the rest was treated as window dressing or an afterthought, like we're spending all this cash on FX we better make sure it looks good, the rest will fall into place afterwords.

    It's like let's dress it up and make it look pretty, that doesn't change the fact it's garbage, what they should of done from the get go is it should of been a COMEDY, there was no way to take the premise seriously, so why not ?

    There was so much potential there to treat it as a big joke, kinda like Airplane ! Only on rails.

    Of course the show could be redone today for a lot less, just CG all the Train shots, save millions right there, heck I made the Train for a video game called Trainz, I could just shoot in game footage and it'd look just like all the shots I remember from the show, and at 10 / 20,000,000th the cost, after all I bought my PC, Software & stuff, but it didn't cost anywhere near the cash they spent on the FX for the show alone.

    Sure you'd still have to make the sets of the insides, but they shouldn't cost an arm & leg if you do it right, just build what you need for the first season, if you are ahead cash wise, build more for the second season, in other words just show very little of the train insides during that first season, if it's a hit & your making cash, instead of loosing it, then you add more sets.

    That's how i'd do it anyway & I don't even work for NBC or anyone else in the biz.

    Then again the average person is smarter then any TV network Execs ;)

    C.T.C.
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    • warenwiliamwoulfe
    • Mar 27, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 7, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Angst im Superexpress
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(super train studio exterior and interior sets)
    • Production companies
      • Dan Curtis Productions
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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