Tough Guys (1986) on Netflix
Harry Doyle and Archie Long robbed a train in 1956 and served thirty years. Out on parole in a world they no longer recognize, the two ex-convicts try to fit in.
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- Netflix2.8/5
- IMDb6.3/108,501 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes50%
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Plot summary
Harry and Archie are released from prison ready to collect their Social Security. How could they get into trouble at their age? Let's count the ways; A parole officer who is a famous criminal groupie, Dead end where people don't know they are dealing with dangerous, though older, criminals, a hit man who can barely see, but who still has an outstanding contract on them. Does anyone still rob trains?
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tough Guys (1986)
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- Adolph Caesar was originally cast as the hitman Leon B. Little but died unexpectedly only a few weeks into filming, and his completed scenes had to be reshot with his replacement, Eli Wallach.
- The Gold Coast Flyer was played by the real locomotive Southern Pacific No. 4449, which had pulled the American Freedom Train during the United States Bicentennial, and its engineer on screen was played by Doyle L. McCormack, the man most responsible for restoring that engine.
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers appear briefly performing "Set It Straight", a song never heard outside this film. No soundtrack album was released, and frontman Anthony Kiedis said they recorded it solely for the movie and had no intention of releasing it themselves.
- Tough Guys was the first film released under the Touchstone Pictures label, after Walt Disney Studios changed the name of the label from Touchstone Films following the release of Ruthless People in 1986.
