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The First Great Train Robbery

6.7

Released December 14, 1978Runtime 1h 50min

Never have so few taken so much from so many.

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

Genres

Thriller

Adventure

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

United Artists

Starling Films

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Sean ConneryEdward Pierce

Donald SutherlandRobert Agar

Lesley-Anne DownMiriam

Susan HallinanEmma Barnes

Alan WebbEdgar Trent

Malcolm TerrisFowler

Robert LangSharp

Wayne SleepClean Willy

Michael ElphickBurgess

Gabrielle LloydElizabeth Trent

Pamela SalemEmily Trent

George DowningBarlow

James CossinsHarranby

John BettMcPherson

Peter BensonStation Despatcher

Janine DuvitskiMaggie

Brian de SalvoTrent's Butler

André MorellJudge

Donald ChurchillProsecutor

Brian GloverCaptain Jimmy

Noel JohnsonConnaught

Peter ButterworthPutnam

Patrick BarrBurke

Hubert ReesLewis

Agnes BernelleWoman on Platform

Joe CahillRail Guard

Cecil NashChaplain

Oliver SmithRatting Assistant

John AltmanFirst Pickpocket

Paul KemberSecond Pickpocket

Geoff FerrisThird Pickpocket

Jenny TillWoman on Strand

Craig StokesUrchin on Strand

Frank McDonaldPoliceman at London Bridge station

Crew

Michael CrichtonDirector

Dick ZikerAction Director

Anthony WayeAssistant Director

Michael CrichtonScreenplay

Michael CrichtonNovel

John ForemanProducer

Mary SelwayCasting

Dino De LaurentiisExecutive Producer

Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer

David BrethertonEditor

Geoffrey UnsworthDirector of Photography

Geoffrey UnsworthIn Memory Of

Jim MorahanDraughtsman

Maurice CarterProduction Design

Bert DaveyArt Direction

Anthony MendlesonCostume Design

Elaine BowerbankHairstylist

Basil NewallMakeup Artist

Hugh ScaifeSet Dresser

Gordon HaymanCamera Operator

Michael CliffordMusic Editor

Rebecca BreedWardrobe Master

Laurie RidleyStill Photographer

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Reviews

_**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 h...

Seen this once before many years ago but decided to check out the new Blu-ray from Kino Lorber. A solid heist-thriller though what struck me was these thieves were stealing gold meant for British soldiers, so not exactly stealing from some corporation, and our lead played by Sean Connery had no iss...

I think it's Jerry Goldsmith's opening theme that gives a clue that we're in for some fun antics on the railways! That's confirmed when Michael Elphick chucks some would-be robber from the speeding carriage down an embankment where he lands at the feet of "Pierce" (Sean Connery). This bowler hatted...