THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1978
• Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
• Plot: 'Dazzling. Classy. Marvelous. It takes your breath away!' - New York Times; ; All aboard for runaway action and suspense in this riveting masterpiece from writer/director Michael Crichton! Starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down, it's a 'spine-tingling and suavely performed adventure' (The Hollywood Reporter) based on history's first train robbery. Filmed by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth, this 'ingenious' (Variety) and 'wonderful' (Gene Shalit) crime caper delivers mile-a-minute thrills and breathtaking excitement.; ; Connery is Edward Pierce, a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad payroll car. But to pull off the most daring heist in history, Pierce must join forces with a safecracker (Sutherland) and his own beautiful girlfriend (Down) in a series of intricately-plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve, camaraderie and larcenous skill.
• Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris, Robert Lang, Michael Elphick, Wayne Sleep, Pamela Salem, Gabrielle Lloyd, George Downing, James Cossins, John Bett, Peter Benson, Janine Duvitski, Brian de Salvo, André Morell, Donald Churchill, Brian Glover, Noel Johnson, Peter Butterworth, Patrick Barr, Hubert Rees, Agnes Bernelle, Frank McDonald, Joe Cahill, Cecil Nash, Susan Hallinan, Oliver Smith, John Altman, Paul Kember, Geoff Ferris, Jenny Till, Craig Stokes, Brooke Adams, Donald Hewlett, Nuala Holloway, Geoffrey Unsworth, Michael Crichton, John Foreman, David Bretherton, Peter Elliott, Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Carter, Bert Davey
• Director: Michael Crichton
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: Starling Films
• Media Format: Movie