The Gravy Train

{{Short description|1974 film by Jack Starrett}}

{{About|the 1974 film||Gravy Train (disambiguation){{!}}Gravy Train}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Gravy Train

| image = The Dion Brothers poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = Jack Starrett

| producer = Jonathan Taplin

| writer = Bill Kerby
Terrence Malick
(as David Whitney)

| narrator =

| starring = Stacy Keach
Frederic Forrest

| music = Fred Karlin

| cinematography = Enrique Bravo
Gerald Hirschfeld

| editing = John C. Horger

| studio =

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1974|06|16}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Gravy Train, also commonly known as The Dion Brothers, is a 1974 American crime-comedy film directed by Jack Starrett, written by Terrence Malick (under the pseudonym David Whitney) and Bill Kerby, and starring Stacy Keach and Frederic Forrest.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|authorlink=Nora Sayre|title=MOVIE REVIEW Gravy Train (1974) Screen: 'Gravy Train,' American Style--Almost|first=Nora|last=Sayre|date=June 17, 1974|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DE1DD123DE73ABC4F52DFB066838F669EDE}}

Although initially overlooked by audiences and critics alike, it has in recent years developed a cult following, and has been highly praised by filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and David Gordon Green. The film is still relatively obscure and hard to find, as there has never been any official VHS or DVD release.