ComedyRomanceCrime

Buster

- He'll steal your heart

Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.

Release Date : 1988-09-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Buster ProductionsThe Movie GroupNFH Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Buster Edwards

Original Name : Phil Collins

Gender : Male

Character Name : June Edwards

Original Name : Julie Walters

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruce Reynolds

Original Name : Larry Lamb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ronny Biggs

Original Name : Ralph Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : George

Original Name : Christopher Ellison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Rothery

Original Name : Sheila Hancock

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector Jack Mitchell

Original Name : Martin Jarvis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir James McDowell

Original Name : Anthony Quayle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poyser

Original Name : Michael Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nicky Edwards

Original Name : Ellie Beaven

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fairclough

Original Name : Rupert Vansittart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Steve McFadden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Frank Ellis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walter

Original Name : John Barrard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy

Original Name : John Benfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Chalmers

Original Name : Clive Wood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Franny

Original Name : Stephanie Lawrence

Gender : Female

Character Name : Justice Parry

Original Name : Harold Innocent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Evangelina Sosa

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Vincenzo Nicoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barrister (uncredited)

Original Name : Barrie Holland

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-30

Well at least Phil Collins got a few hits from this, but otherwise it's a really lacklustre and meandering telling of a story that rocked Britain in 1963. He (the eponymous Edwards) and his pals come up with a dastardly scheme to stop Her Majesty's Royal Mail train just after a bank holiday and relieve it of some £2.5 millions in cash. He's not really a nasty man, just a petty larcenist who tries to support his collusive wife (Julie Walters) and his daughter. With another child on the way, though, he needs to up his game and so devises this plan which goes off remarkably smoothly. As ever with heist films though, it's never the robbery that causes the problems - it's the aftermath. That's where the wheels start to come off as the gang are slowly apprehended - all but "Buster" who has managed to stay one step ahead of his pursuers. How long can they stay living in the shadows for? He is coping well enough, but she clamours for an ordinary existence for her and her daughter and reconciling this with their likely future puts enormous strain on the marriage. Something will have to give! Perhaps had this been made in monochrome and used a better ensemble cast, it might have managed to capture more of the audaciousness of their crime. As it is, though, it combines a motley collection of B-list television actors and gives them some overly verbose dialogue to deliver as this starts off quite intriguingly but ends up soapy, stodgy and dull. Even the usually lively Walters can't really inject much into this plodding affair that's left all to often to Colins - and he's just not much good.