Tijdens de depressie in de jaren 30 zwerven veel daklozen rond met behulp van de trein. Deze mensen worden 'hobos' genoemd. De sadistische conducteur Shack haat deze mensen intens en gooit hen het liefst al rijdend uit de trein.
Nee, helaas is Emperor of the North nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Writing | Christopher Knopf | Writer |
| Writing | Jack London | Story |
| Production | Stanley Hough | Producer |
| Sound | Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kenneth Hyman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Saul Wurtzel | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Malcolm R. Harding | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Larry Powell | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Barry Steinberg | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Richard Overton | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Frank Capacchione | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Roland Gross | Associate Editor |
| Crew | Dave Davies | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Jack Baur | Casting |
| Editing | Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Art | Raphael Bretton | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ygnacio Sepulveda | Property Master |
| Art | John LaSalandra | Construction Coordinator |
| Directing | Howard Hohler | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Walter Blake | Title Designer |
| Camera | Joe Jackman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Kenneth Peach Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Henry Millar Jr. | Special Effects |
| Sound | Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunt Double |
