以罗伯特·肖为首的四名歹徒洗劫纽约市的地下铁，劫持十八个乘客作人质，威胁市政府在一小时内交一百万美元赎金，否则开始杀害人质。沃尔特·马修饰演的警长一边代表市府与歹徒周旋，另一边又跟地铁公司的职员怒目向相，使危机随着时间过去而升高。不料在四个歹徒得手之后，警长竟凭巧计识破了其中一名劫匪的身份。
演员: Walter Matthau
/ Robert Shaw
/ Martin Balsam
/ Hector Elizondo
/ Earl Hindman
/ James Broderick
/ Dick O'Neill
/ Lee Wallace
/ Tom Pedi
/ Beatrice Winde
/ Jerry Stiller
/ Nathan George
/ Rudy Bond
/ 肯尼思·麦克米伦
/ Doris Roberts
/ Julius Harris
/ Cynthia Belgrave
/ Anna Berger
/ Gary Bolling
/ Carol Cole
/ Alex Colon
/ Joe Fields
/ Mari Gorman
/ Michael Gorrin
/ Thomas La Fleur
/ Maria Landa
/ Louise Larabee
/ George Lee Miles
/ Carolyn Nelson
/ Eric O'Hanian
/ Lucy Saroyan
/ William Snickowski
/ Barry Snyder
/ Walter Jones
/ Jerry Holland
/ Robert Weil
/ Penny Krompier
/ Christopher Murney
/ Timothy Meyers
/ Ruth Attaway
/ Thomas Barbour
/ Marvin Silbersher
/ Neil Brooks Cunningham
/ Sal Viscuso
/ Tony Fasce
/ Burtt Harris
/ Gene Gross
/ Walter Lott
/ Conrad Yama
/ Sho Onodera
/ Toru Nagai
/ Tura Nakamura
/ Rowena Rollins
/ Joseph Attles
/ Willis Pinkett
/ Michelle Matthow
/ Isabella Hoopes
/ Bill Cobbs
/ Jim Pelham
/ Joe Seneca
/ Gino Gennaro
/ Carmine Foresta
/ Tony Roberts
