Night Passage (1957) James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea

The workers on the railroad haven t been paid in several months, that s because Whitey and his gang, including fastshooting, dangerous, but likeable Utica Kid, keep holding up the train for its payroll. Grant McLaine, a former railroad employee who was fired in disgrace, is recruited to take the payroll through undercover. A young boy and a shoebox figure into the plot when Whitey s gang tries to hold up the train, and Grant and the Kid meet again to settle an old score.