Episode 417: Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Based loosely on the writings of Jack London and Leon Ray Livingston, Robert Aldrich's Emperor of the North Pole (1973) tells the story of two hobos in the American Northwest during the depression -- A Number One (Lee Marvin) and Cigaret (Keith Carradine). The two have a very uneasy relationship with one another and a completely antagonistic relationship with Shack (Ernest Borgnine), a railwayman who doesn’t want any freeloaders on his train.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:14.4	There are still people up in Oregon who remember a hobo called A number one,
0:20.2	and a railroading man named Shat, and the fight they had in 31, cleared to Portland and back, and the winner will be emperor of the North Pole.
0:29.6	A number one was King of the Bowes, as tough and as hard as nails.
0:34.6	I'm trusting you, kid. Cover for me.
0:36.6	Hey, you come back here!
0:38.7	He takes what he needs, and he goes where he was, and he always rides the rails.
0:44.5	You'll confessioner.
0:46.3	The Lord is my tabernacle.
0:48.2	And his ship is filled with gold.
0:50.1	It's that sail for the pearly gates.
0:52.2	Hallelujah, brother!
0:53.3	Day number one, he loved the road, and he knew it from A to Z.
0:57.3	Shack was a man who loved only the rules, and nobody who rode for free.
1:02.1	Next time I take up an empty, I'm not going to have it burned.
1:05.3	You never let it happen again.
1:07.6	Never!
1:08.3	In one of Shack's hands is a hammer of steel.
1:11.2	In the other, a four-foot chain.
1:13.1	And both of them carry a message of death if you try to set foot on his train.
1:17.7	I did it. I rode your damn train.
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