Emperor of the North

[@stanleydavis7904]

Saw this in a rehab 1972 ,still sober 2022 ,good to watch once in a while

[@chrisharmon]

Congratlulations!

[@radar0412]

Chills go up my spine with the final Dialogue.

[@mohawkvalleyrailroad]

You’re as much use as a one legged man at an arse kicking party…my favourite line!

[@88SC]

Prior to this scene while they were riding under the car, Shack dangled a large, heavy pin on a rope, which bounced around violently under A. After all the mentoring that A did, Cigarette watched and did nothing to help when he could have, being an opportunist. It’s analogous to many situations I’ve experienced.

[@juanmanuelmartinezcorte7800]

The kind of movie you’ll watch more than once.

[@dg-re6bu]

Absolutely love the speech at the end ! Lee Marvin had the most gravelly, rough, awesome voice ever. Thank you for posting this!

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

Beautifully written.

[@radar0412]

"Remember me for that! So long kid!"

[@tyreezy87]

"So long, kid."

[@darrylwiggins4799]

"you could have been a meat eater,kid,but you didn't listen."Words to live by.

[@JoeyMayo]

The stuntman who performed the fall from the train earned his money that day!

[@oceanside2152]

Amen. I saw that and I went "oh my God that's a real person not a dummy".I hope it was a skinny guy in enough padding to make him look fat.. If not, i hope he lived, Look to me though like a broken back Could a very well happen there

[@jspinz2280]

My dad used to watch this movie,now I’m grown and watching it. Powerful speech , you had the juice, but not the heart, and they go together.2020

[@whistlerwade]

This should be in the criterion collection.

[@thunderdeed1]

They left it open for a sequel. Sadly never happened.

[@jeffreycoogan09]

''Hit the bums'', kid! Run like the Devil! Get a (tin can and take up mooching)! ''Knock on back doors for a nickel." "Tell them your story. Make 'em weep. You could have been a meat-eater, kid. But you didn't listen to me when I laid it down." "Stay off the tracks. Forget it. Its a bum's world for a bum. You'll never be A-No.1. You'll never be Emperor of the North Pole, kid. You had the juice , kid, but not the heart and they go together. You're all gas and no feel, and nobody can teach you that, not even A-No.1. So stay off the train, she'll throw you under for sure. Remember me for that. So long, kid."

[@rickdff62]

I think he said, "Hit the barns" as in sleeping in them at night.

[@jeffreycoogan09]

@@rickdff62 Indeed.

[@ragingriccor9999]

Kid, you’re gonna make a big splash right here!

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

The last scene here Lee Marvin looks like a young George Kennedy.

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

This movie gets a solid B rating but gets bonus points because Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine are in it- the casting Director gets an A-plus! There are a few familiar names in the cast that pop up later on TV. The battle here is my favorite part simply because Shack gets his comeuppance. The backwards fall off the caboose and the shove into the ditch are a couple of the most painful things I’ve ever seen even if they divided the stunts up. Notice the kid did a belly-flop when he hit the water; that had to have hurt too.

[@mohawkvalleyrailroad]

Why was this called Emporer of the North Pole for UK audiences?

[@generalzod7959]

too bad we never got to see a sequel since the shack declared "you ain't seen the last of me" would have been entertaining! 😄

[@HoboRoadrunner]

Gotta love the history with this culture. I don't fuck with the old schoolers because I know my place

[@peteyspaletas2023]

"Take your Mama", kid!🚬 ✂👭

[@patrickforrest4899]

Best fight scene in movie history. One of my favorite movies of all time. Underrated.

[@panther105]

I remember this final speech when the world gets me down. Always will love Rod Steiger, but Lee Marvin is a close secind

[@gregvandyke8148]

One of the greatest endings in manly ci ema

[@panther105]

@@gregvandyke8148 No argument here...!!

[@cozrun]

"Ya could'a been a meat eater, kid!"

[@mattstarman21]

Actually no, as said by Grahamqckr, it was filmed on the OP&E (now abandoned) of Cottage Grove. The 19 was leased to the railroad from 1970-1988 as both railroads were owned by the same company.

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

I grew up on those tracks they still look the same only thing that's changed is the growth of the 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 trees 🤠 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@savedfaves]

Love the ending scene! I have a very good copy of the film (I think it's BD) but the final scene sent chills up my spine. Was amazing

[@piercebrosnan9528]

I felt disgusted when Cigarette didn't tie the rope to stop A-No-1 from being whipped by the coupling peg. Powerful movie.

[@abc12356659]

Awesome movie!

[@MrJuvefrank]

0:49 Yes, Sir, gee wiz; me and you if we ain't the team. We can go to prison and free the cons; we can capture Mexico; we can do in Rome as the day goes do. Knockin' down everything we see all stuck on ourselves. Cigarette and A. Number one; yes, Sir. Kid, yuh got no class!

[@ismaelpenalver4722]

He should have added , and this train is my Lucille !

[@samsnodgrass7878]

When I was younger I thought he hated him, however when you listen to his speech.It’s clear that he cared about the kid, and was telling him to not waste his life as a bum.Hitchiking on railroads for the rest of his life.

[@recoil53]

A Number 1 is telling Cigarette that he IS a bum, that he isn't cut out to be a hobo. He's telling the kid to take up begging instead. "get a tin can and take up mooching. Knock on backdoors for a nickel. Tell 'em your story and make them weep." Keith Carradine is sitting out the final fight instead of helping out, then acted like they were partners. "You COULD have been a meat eater" "You had the juice but not the heart and they go together" "you had the juice but not the feel". It's a Reason Why You Suck speech.

[@oldgoat142]

@@recoil53 Beautiful. That made me laugh because you hit it right there. The Why You Suck speech. Damn that was good. I'll never watch the ending to this great film quite the same again. Thank you.

[@mattbradshaw7007]

@@recoil53 absolutely. Cigarette just acted hard the whole movie and didn’t help A when he should have. Nothing but a punk.

[@clarencesmith3522]

I hope the kid took his advice and stayed off the tracks,eventually finding another path and learning to be a better man-as we all do sooner or later.

[@nobutur]

Ahhh, not exactly.

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

I looked high and low all over the place for a copy of emperor of the North I found one copy for $35 it was worth every dollar A #1 to Portland 10-19-21

[@Chepstowion_Adventura]

I wonder when they pushed shack off was that a dummy or actual stunt actor or egust actully doing that,

[@oldgoat142]

The Blackadder; In those days, a movie like this would've had a stuntman take that fall, but it would've been rehearsed for a few days to get the timing AND safety down to an absolute T. Mr. Borgnine, who played Shack the train conductor, said in a behind the scenes interview that that fight between him and A#1 was choreographed to perfection, and was filmed a bit at a time over 36 days.

[@Chepstowion_Adventura]

@@oldgoat142 wow and that’s why Ernest Bornghim is one best actors in action moves. Rip

[@oldgoat142]

@@Chepstowion_Adventura He was terrific at whatever he did.

[@stevetemple8826]

Looked like a real back breaker of a fall.

[@juandiego8168]

What is it means "The emperor of the north pole"?

[@Seahorsefan]

The north pole is all ice, and nothing is there. So it's to be the emperor of nothing, to have nothing.

[@juandiego8168]

Thank you. Then, Ernest Borgnine was that emperor?

[@Seahorsefan]

@@juandiego8168 Lee Marvin who plays A#1 is the emperor of the north pole.

[@Ardepark]

It means to be the best hobo.

[@ScooBdont]

I was watching a tribute to Sid Haig (Captain Spaulding-Devils Rejects) and saw in his list of roles was one in this movie. Having fond memories of this movie I’m trying to find his screen time in this film. If anyone can/could/ help would be much appreciated ✌️🙂👍

[@SwampDaddy7]

I didn't know he was in this movie! What role did he play?

[@ScooBdont]

C.J. Benoit He plays a character named “Grease Tail” ✌️🙂

[@oldgoat142]

@@ScooBdont Thank you. I like Sid Haig. An underrated perpetual bad guy.

[@mezipe6429]

I personally didn’t like this Movie very much, but the last line still sticks with me

[@funlesbian]

well maybe you got no class ;)