▁ ▁Catherine ▁B ly the ▁as ▁Video ▁cam er aw oman ▁ ▁Production ▁details ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁a ▁re make , ▁with ▁Edward ▁James ▁Ol mos ▁in ▁the ▁Walter ▁Matth au ▁role ▁and ▁Vincent ▁D ' On of rio ▁replacing ▁Robert ▁Shaw ▁as ▁the ▁senior ▁hij acker . ▁Although ▁not ▁particularly ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁critics ▁or ▁view ers , ▁this ▁version ▁was ▁reported ly ▁more ▁faithful ▁to ▁the ▁book , ▁specifically ▁in ▁the ▁rig ging ▁of ▁the ▁hij ack ed ▁train ▁for ▁the ▁get away . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁Toronto ' s ▁T TC ▁sub way ▁system , ▁mainly ▁using ▁the ▁system ' s ▁station ▁platform ▁Bay ▁( T TC ), ▁St . ▁Andrew ▁( T TC ) ▁station ▁and ▁Museum ▁( T TC ) ▁station , ▁and ▁two ▁of ▁a ▁class ▁of ▁older ▁cars ▁being ▁retired ▁by ▁the ▁T TC . ▁The ▁two ▁cars ▁were ▁sh ipped ▁by ▁road ▁to ▁the ▁scra py ard ▁the ▁day ▁after ▁film ing ▁ended , ▁still ▁dis gu ised ▁as ▁New ▁York ▁cars . ▁ ▁The ▁Toronto ▁sub way ▁cars ▁used ▁for ▁film ing ▁cannot ▁operate ▁sing ly , ▁so ▁a ▁two - car ▁set ▁was ▁used . ▁A ▁ph ony ▁cab ▁was ▁built ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁end ▁of ▁H - 1 ▁car ▁ 5 4 8 2 ▁to ▁simulate ▁single ▁car ▁operation . ▁The ▁single ▁car ▁supposed ly ▁det ached ▁from ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁train ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁on ▁several ▁occasions ▁to ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁train ▁of ▁at ▁least