Once Upon a Texas Train is 1988 made-for-TV movie directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Willie Nelson as John Henry Lee and Richard Widmark as Captain Oren Hayes. The movie opens with the Texas Train being robbed. However, a group of Texas Rangers stop the robbery. 20 years later the head of the outlaw gang, John Henry, is released on good behavior, but the minute he gets out he and his brother Charlie rob a bank. Captain Oren Hayes, the Texas Ranger who arrested John goes after him once more knowing that he'll try to pull off the robbery he bungled up 20 years before. As John gathers his... old gang to help him Hayes does the same. Meanwhile a group of young outlaws led by the Cotton have their own plans for the gold the elderly outlaws have already stolen. Kennedy utilized several aging western stars from years past as the group of aged Rangers as well as the outlaw gang. With former "Rifleman" Chuck Connors as Nash Crawford, past Cimarron Strip marshal Stuart Whitman as Gentleman George Asque and former "Dakotas" deputy Jack Elam as Jason Fitch making up the retired rangers.
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| Release date: | 1988 |
| Directed by: | Burt Kennedy |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Genre: | Western, Action |