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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.
- Original title
- The First Great Train Robbery
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Jun 2, 2024 · via TMDB
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?
JPV852
Jun 13, 2023 · via TMDB
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**
Wuchak
Jun 18, 2020 · via TMDB
_**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
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Sean Connery
Edward Pierce
Donald Sutherland
Robert Agar
Lesley-Anne Down
Miriam
Peter Butterworth
Putnam
Michael Elphick
Burgess
Alan Webb
Edgar Trent
Robert Lang
Sharp
Malcolm Terris
Fowler
Wayne Sleep
Clean Willy
Gabrielle Lloyd
Elizabeth Trent
Pamela Salem
Emily Trent
James Cossins
Harranby
John Bett
McPherson
Peter Benson
Station Despatcher
Janine Duvitski
Maggie
Brian de Salvo
Trent's Butler
André Morell
Judge
Donald Churchill
Prosecutor
Brian Glover
Captain Jimmy
Noel Johnson
Connaught
Patrick Barr
Burke
Agnes Bernelle
Woman on Platform
Joe Cahill
Rail Guard
Cecil Nash
Chaplain
Oliver Smith
Ratting Assistant
John Altman
First Pickpocket
Jenny Till
Woman on Strand
Geoffrey Unsworth
Director of Photography
Geoffrey Unsworth
In Memory Of
Anthony Waye
Assistant Director
Michael Crichton
Director
Dino De Laurentiis
Executive Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Michael Crichton
Novel
Michael Crichton
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