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The First Great Train Robbery (1978) — Ligoscope

The First Great Train Robbery

The First Great Train Robbery

1978 · 110 min · Directed by Michael Crichton · PG

Thriller Adventure Drama Crime

★ 6.7(438 TMDB votes)▶ Trailer

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.

Cast

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Edward Pierce

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Robert Agar

Lesley-Anne Down

Lesley-Anne Down

Miriam

Peter Butterworth

Peter Butterworth

Putnam

Michael Elphick

Michael Elphick

Crew

Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton
Producer: John Foreman
Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Editor: David Bretherton
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Production Design

Details

Studios: United Artists, Starling Films
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English
Release: December 14, 1978

Releases

Dec 14, 1978United KingdomTheatrical12

Dec 14, 1978SwedenTheatrical15

Dec 22, 1978IrelandTheatricalPG

Jan 01, 1979AustraliaTheatricalPG

Feb 02, 1979United StatesTheatricalPG

Apr 11, 1979GermanyTheatrical

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Alan Webb

Alan Webb

Edgar Trent

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Sharp

Malcolm Terris

Malcolm Terris

Fowler

Wayne Sleep

Wayne Sleep

Clean Willy

Gabrielle Lloyd

Gabrielle Lloyd

Elizabeth Trent

Pamela Salem

Pamela Salem

Emily Trent

George Downing

Barlow

Susan Hallinan

Emma Barnes

James Cossins

James Cossins

Harranby

John Bett

John Bett

McPherson

Peter Benson

Peter Benson

Station Despatcher

Janine Duvitski

Janine Duvitski

Maggie

Brian de Salvo

Brian de Salvo

Trent's Butler

André Morell

André Morell

Judge

Donald Churchill

Donald Churchill

Prosecutor

Brian Glover

Brian Glover

Captain Jimmy

Noel Johnson

Connaught

Patrick Barr

Patrick Barr

Burke

Hubert Rees

Lewis

12

Apr 18, 1979FranceTheatricalTP

Aug 11, 1979South KoreaTheatrical18

Mar 26, 1981HungaryTheatrical12

Apr 04, 2007NetherlandsPhysical6

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