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The First Great Train Robbery
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1978 film by Michael Crichton
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6.7In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Released: 1978-12-14110 minDir: Michael CrichtonThriller, Adventure, Drama, CrimeBudget: $6.0M
Cast
- Sean Connery as Edward Pierce
- Donald Sutherland as Robert Agar
- Lesley-Anne Down as Miriam
- Peter Butterworth as Putnam
- Michael Elphick as Burgess
- Alan Webb as Edgar Trent
Themes
- gallows
- historical figure
- victorian england
- execution
- noose
- hanging
- train robbery
- strongbox
- gold theft
- british history
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
20,188 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Great Train Robbery
- Main subject
- Great Gold Robbery
- Director
- Michael Crichton
- Screenwriter
- Michael Crichton
- Cast member
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- John Foreman
- Cinematographer
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Narrative location
- The Crystal Palace
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 287234
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.crichton-official.com/books-greattrainrobbery.html
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- publication date
- 1978-12-14
- film editor
- David Bretherton
- title
- The First Great Train Robbery
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Michael Crichton
- review score
- 68/100
- capital cost
- 6000000
- box office
- 13027857
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