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=== Tropes: ===
* [[Clear My Name]]: As if George didn't have enough to worry about, he's framed for Sweet's murder.
* [[Cool Car]]: The Jaguar XK-E that Grover steals from the used car lot, and the Fiat he liberates after the Union Station crash at the end.
{{quote|'''George:''' Are you crazy? I thought we were gonna take the Chevy in the back?
'''Grover:''' Chevy? That's a jerk-off, man! This here is ''pure pussy''!
'''George:''' "Pure pussy"? Tell that to the judge!
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Lucille Benson (who specialized in that kind of role) as the crop-duster pilot who gives George a lift after he's ejected from the train the first time.
* [[Deadfoot Leadfoot]]: {{spoiler|Deverau is killed after taking over the train, but unfortunately there's still a heavy lunchbox sitting on the gas.}}
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* [[Giant Mook]]: Reace, played by Richard Kiel.
* [[Henry Mancini]]: Provided the music score.
* [[Magic Brakes]]: Surprisingly accurate:
* [[Police Are Useless]]: George's efforts to explain Deverau's plot to [[The Sheriff]] prove ineffective.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Deverau drops the N-bomb on Grover.
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* [[Thriller on the Express]]: The plot doesn't get confined to the train all the time but most is there and the events on the train generate the reasons for George not having anywhere else to go.
* [[California Doubling|Toronto Doubling]]: Many of the railroad station scenes (supposedly Los Angeles, Kansas City, and Chicago) were actually filmed in various parts of Union Station in Toronto. Also, Alberta stands in for the Midwest in several places.
* [[Traintop Battle]]: George has one of these against Reace about halfway through the film
* [[The Windy City]]
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