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.
| Sound | Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Stanley Hough | Producer |
| Writing | Jack London | Story |
| Directing | Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Camera | Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Christopher Knopf | Writer |
| Production | Saul Wurtzel | Unit Production Manager |
| Editing | Roland Gross | Associate Editor |
| Directing | Barry Steinberg | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Larry Powell | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Frank Capacchione | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Richard Overton | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Kenneth Hyman | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Malcolm R. Harding | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Dave Davies | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Jack Baur | Casting |
| Editing | Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Ygnacio Sepulveda | Property Master |
| Art | Walter Blake | Title Designer |
| Art | John LaSalandra | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Kenneth Peach Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Art | Raphael Bretton | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Howard Hohler | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Joe Jackman | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Henry Millar Jr. | Special Effects |
| Sound | Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunt Double |
