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The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
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GenreAction / Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Crime
SynopsisIn Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Filmed inUK
Runtime110 min
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Casting:
 | Sean Connery | Edward Pierce/John Simms/Geoffrey |
| Donald Sutherland | Robert Agar, Screwsman | |
| Lesley-Anne Down | Miriam/Madame Lucienne/Miss Brigid Lawson | |
| Alan Webb | Edgar Trent, President Huddleston & Bradford Bank | |
| Malcolm Terris | Henry Fowler, Manager Huddleston & Bradford Bank | |
| Robert Lang | Inspector Sharp | |
| Michael Elphick | Burgess, Railway Guard Accomplice | |
| Wayne Sleep | William 'Clean Willy' Williams, Snakesman | |
| Pamela Salem | Emily Trent | |
| Gabrielle Lloyd | Elizabeth Trent | |
| George Downing | Barlow, Coachman Accomplice | |
| James Cossins | Inspector Harranby | |
| John Bett | McPherson | |
| Peter Benson | Station Despatcher | |
| Janine Duvitski | Maggie | |
| Sean Connery | spent several days running on top of a moving train The train was supposed to be traveling at 35mph; Connery argued it was going faster The train driver was counting telegraph poles to measure the speed A helicopter pilot confirmed Connery's suspicion - the train was traveling at over 55mph |