Directed by:
Michael CrichtonScreenplay:
Michael CrichtonCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Robert Lang, Michael Elphick, Malcolm Terris, André Morell, John Altman, Brooke Adams (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sean Connery
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Rock (1996)
The Untouchables (1987)
Donald Sutherland
Canada
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
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Lesley-Anne Down
UK
Best movies:
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
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Alan Webb
UK
Best movies:
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King Rat (1965)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Robert Lang
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Othello (1965)
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill (1974) (TV movie)
Michael Elphick
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Malcolm Terris
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Chaplin (1992)
Othello (1965)
André Morell
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
John Altman
UK
Best movies:
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
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Brooke Adams
USA
Best movies:
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Days of Heaven (1978)
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Peter Benson
UK
Best movies:
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) (TV movie)
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Gabrielle Lloyd
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
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Geoffrey Unsworth
UK
Best movies:
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
James Cossins
UK
Best movies:
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
The Public Eye (1972)
Patrick Barr
India
Best movies:
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
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Brian Glover
UK
Best movies:
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Pamela Salem
India
Best movies:
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Janine Duvitski
UK
Best movies:
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Peter Butterworth
UK
Best movies:
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Night and the City (1950)
Murder She Said (1961)
Agnes Bernelle
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
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