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The First Great Train Robbery( 1978)

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Overview

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

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      Sean Connery

      Edward Pierce

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      Donald Sutherland

      Robert Agar

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      Lesley-Anne Down

      Miriam

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      Susan Hallinan

      Emma Barnes

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      Alan Webb

      Edgar Trent

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      Malcolm Terris

      Fowler

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      Robert Lang

      Sharp

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      Wayne Sleep

      Clean Willy

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      Michael Elphick

      Burgess

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      Gabrielle Lloyd

      Elizabeth Trent

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      Pamela Salem

      Emily Trent

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      George Downing

      Barlow

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      James Cossins

      Harranby

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      John Bett

      McPherson

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      Peter Benson

      Station Despatcher

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      Janine Duvitski

      Maggie

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      Brian de Salvo

      Trent's Butler

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      André Morell

      Judge

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      Donald Churchill

      Prosecutor

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      Brian Glover

      Captain Jimmy

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      Noel Johnson

      Connaught

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      Peter Butterworth

      Putnam

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      Patrick Barr

      Burke

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      Hubert Rees

      Lewis

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      Agnes Bernelle

      Woman on Platform

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      Joe Cahill

      Rail Guard

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      Cecil Nash

      Chaplain

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      Oliver Smith

      Ratting Assistant

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      John Altman

      First Pickpocket

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      Paul Kember

      Second Pickpocket

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      Geoff Ferris

      Third Pickpocket

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      Jenny Till

      Woman on Strand

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      Craig Stokes

      Urchin on Strand

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      Frank McDonald

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Thu Jun 18 2020
    _**Robbing a train of a shipment of gold in Victorian England**_ Written/directed by Michael Crichton and released in 1978/79, “The Great Train Robbery” was loosely based on the real-life Great Gold Robbery of 1855 that took place in England. Sean Connery plays the mastermind, Lesley-Anne Down his girlfriend and Donald Sutherland a safecracker with whom they team-up. I generally don’t like caper films because the protagonists are criminals, but Crichton wisely makes the characters played by Connery and Sutherland likable rapscallions; meanwhile Down is babelicious, in particular in her ja...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    6000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • gallows
    • historical figure
    • victorian england
    • execution
    • noose
    • hanging
    • train robbery
    • strongbox
    • gold theft
    • british history
    • playing piano
    • horse carriage
    • 19th century
    • death by hanging
    • public execution
    • 1850s
    • execution by hanging
    • hanged woman