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Stanley Baker
Paul Clifton
Joanna Pettet
Kate Clifton
James Booth
Inspector George Langdon
Frank Finlay
Robinson
Barry Foster
Frank
William Marlowe
Dave Aitken
George Sewell
Ben
Glynn Edwards
Squad Chief
Clinton Greyn
Jack
Robert Powell
Deltic Train Guard (uncredited)
Mike Pratt
Bob (uncredited)
John Savident
Policeman with Dog (uncredited)
Michael McStay
Don
Martin Wyldeck
Chief constable
Rachel Herbert
School teacher
Patrick Jordan
Freddy
Barry Stanton
Car Lot owner
Kenneth Farrington
Seventh Robber
Robert Russell
Detective
Roger Booth
Detective (uncredited)
Ron Charles
Seaman (uncredited)
Billy Cornelius
Prisoner (uncredited)
Michael David
CID chief (uncredited)
Ivor Dean
Postal Worker on Train (uncredited)
Julie Ege
Hostess (uncredited)
Hugh Elton
Officer in Radio Room (uncredited)
Roy Hanlon
Joe Lynch
Lorry driver (uncredited)
Carlos Lagrotta
Linda Marlowe
Debutante at Nightclub (uncredited)
Tony O'Leary
Detective (uncredited)
David Pinner
Constable in Information Room (uncredited)
David King
Detective at Airport (uncredited)
Terence Plummer
Gang member (uncredited)
Carl Rigg
Policeman Using Car Radio (uncredited)
Esme Smythe
Woman at Airport (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Pipe-Smoking Detective in Police Station (uncredited)
Margaret Stuart
W.P.C. (uncredited)
Anthony Sweeney
Detective Inspector (uncredited)
Malcolm Taylor
Delta 1 Observer (uncredited)
Joseph Tregonino
Passerby (uncredited)
Mickey Varey
Man in Line-Up (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Police Driver (uncredited)
Frank Williams
Prison contact (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Hammer's Supporter (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Wed Feb 26 2014

The Robber's Tale. Robbery is directed by Peter Yates and adapted to screenplay by Yates, Edward Boyd and George Markstein from The Robber's Tale written by Peta Fordham. It stars Stanley Baker, James Booth, Frank Finlay, Joanna Pettet, Barry Foster, William Marlowe, George Sewell and Clinton Greyn. Music is by Johnny Keating and cinematography by Douglas Slocombe. As tough as steel toe capped docker boots, Robbery is a fictionalised take on the Great Train Robbery of 1963 that saw the London to Glasgow mail train stripped of its £2.6 million hold. It was a robbery seen as daring and near...