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The First Great Train Robbery

- 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.

Release Date : 1978-12-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : United ArtistsStarling Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Great Train Robbery

Cast

Character Name : Edward Pierce

Original Name : Sean Connery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert Agar

Original Name : Donald Sutherland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miriam

Original Name : Lesley-Anne Down

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emma Barnes

Original Name : Susan Hallinan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edgar Trent

Original Name : Alan Webb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fowler

Original Name : Malcolm Terris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sharp

Original Name : Robert Lang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clean Willy

Original Name : Wayne Sleep

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burgess

Original Name : Michael Elphick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth Trent

Original Name : Gabrielle Lloyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emily Trent

Original Name : Pamela Salem

Gender : Female

Character Name : Barlow

Original Name : George Downing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harranby

Original Name : James Cossins

Gender : Male

Character Name : McPherson

Original Name : John Bett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Despatcher

Original Name : Peter Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maggie

Original Name : Janine Duvitski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Trent's Butler

Original Name : Brian de Salvo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : André Morell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : Donald Churchill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Jimmy

Original Name : Brian Glover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Connaught

Original Name : Noel Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Putnam

Original Name : Peter Butterworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burke

Original Name : Patrick Barr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lewis

Original Name : Hubert Rees

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman on Platform

Original Name : Agnes Bernelle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rail Guard

Original Name : Joe Cahill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chaplain

Original Name : Cecil Nash

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ratting Assistant

Original Name : Oliver Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Pickpocket

Original Name : John Altman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Pickpocket

Original Name : Paul Kember

Gender : Male

Character Name : Third Pickpocket

Original Name : Geoff Ferris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman on Strand

Original Name : Jenny Till

Gender : Female

Character Name : Urchin on Strand

Original Name : Craig Stokes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policjant na stacji przy moście londyńskim

Original Name : Frank McDonald

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

_**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 jaw-dropping first scene. Crichton intentionally made the movie more farcical compared to his novel and I appreciated the wit and low-key humor. I didn’t expect to like this movie, but it won me over. The film runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot primarily in Ireland (Dublin, Bray, Cork & Moate), but also Pinewood Studios, England. GRADE: B-/B

JPV852

@JPV852

2023-06-13

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 issue murdering a guy. Even so, still found it entertaining and some suspense-filled scenes, among them a great sequence with Connery on top of a moving train. **3.75/5**

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-02

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 gent wouldn't have been out of place in the Reform Club at the start of "Around the World in Eighty Days", so is a natural at another gentleman's club where the manager of a bank is bragging about their impregnable transfer of gold to pay the soldiers of the Crimea. Hardly patriotic, but "Pierce" has his eyes on this bullion and so with the help of girlfriend "Miriam" (Lesley-Anne Down) and cracksman "Agar" (Donald Sutherland) sets about doing the impossible - robbing a ton's worth of gold from a moving train. Each key to the safe is kept separately, so they have to use their guile and wits to find them, copy them, and return them without anyone suspecting! It's this series of escapades that is quite fun to watch whilst shining a light on the double-standards of the Victorian elite. Can they all get away with it? Well this is one of those charismatic ensemble efforts that makes you hope that they do. There's mischief a plenty, some precision thievery and quite impressive acrobatics from the nimble Wayne Sleep along the way too. Hats off to Sutherland though. What was he doing with that cat in the coffin?