The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Genre: Crime / Comedy
Duration: 110 minuten
Alternative title: The Great Train Robbery
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Sean Connery and Lesley-Anne Down
IMDb score:
6,9 (21.974)
Releasedate: 14 December 1978
The First Great Train Robbery plot
"Never have so few taken so much from so many."
Edward Pierce wants to raid the train full of gold belonging to English soldiers. The only problem is that the safe full of gold has to be opened with four different keys. In order to obtain the keys, he enlists the help of the petty thief Agar and his mistress Miriam. The job goes smoothly, except that Scotland Yard's Inspector Sharp isn't about to let the thieves take off with the gold.
Actors and actresses
Edward Pierce
Robert Agar
Miriam
Edgar Trent
Fowler
Sharp
Clean Willy
Burgess
Elizabeth Trent
Emily Trent
Reviews & comments
Hendrick99
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- 184 messages
- 108 votes
I think this movie is top notch. Once recorded on VHS and still regularly watched by me.
The division of roles is striking and the tension is now and then reminiscent of a thriller. The typical English dry humor is also noticeable here and there.
I don't give a '5' easily, but this one deserves it.
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scorsese
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- 13487 messages
- 11305 votes
Good film in which a thief plans to steal a load of gold from a moving train. This heist film (where the title completely covers it all) is set in the middle of the 19th century and is well dressed in that capacity. The entire preparation is fairly detailed and entertaining, but also with enough tension (especially during the finale in which Sean Connery shows a nice piece of stunt work on the train).
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Lovelyboy
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- 4092 messages
- 3065 votes
The First Great Train Robbery, a title that sounds like a bell with two names in the form of Connery and Sutherland that are not inferior to it, and then the BBC has a reputation for broadcasting nice classics on weekends.
It's not hard to guess that the story revolves around a planned robbery of a train full of gold. This is presented quite dignified from the character of Pierce, as a kind of gentlemen crook as it were, he is assisted by key expert Agar, who has a lower level of energy and temptress Miriam. And lightning that Lesley-Anne Down is not wrong, if only that could be said about the entire film.
Connery and Sutherland play nicely and especially Agar is a colorful character. Some scenes to get the keys are also quite fun, especially with the pickpocket in the office, a scene and role perfect for Connery. But other than that the film drags itself along practically without tempo and I wonder what the hour and a half up to the crack is filled with, it's not worth remembering and actually the film in the middle has phases that are downright be boring and boring.
And so this 'classic' is a bit disappointing to me, although I have to say that the crack with the coffin itself is strong. But it certainly isn't a top score.
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