The First Great Train Robbery (1978)

Directed by

Michael Crichton

Genre

drama film, heist film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 439 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1855, a gentleman thief and his accomplices plan to steal gold bullion from a moving train. They navigate Victorian security and police to pull off the heist.

wittysuspensefulplayfulbreezycleverperiodlightheartedcaper-like

What happens

The First Great Train Robbery (known in the United States as The Great Train Robbery) is a 1978 British heist comedy film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay, and based on Crichton's 1975 novel The Great Train Robbery. The film stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down. The story is based on an actual event, the Great Gold Robbery, which took place on 15 May 1855, when 3 boxes of gold bullion and coins were stolen from the guard's van of the train service between London Bridge Station and Folkestone while it was being shipped to Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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