The First Great Train Robbery

For other films and events of the same or similar name, see The Great Train Robbery (disambiguation).

The First Great Train Robbery
American theatrical release poster by Roger Kastel
Directed byMichael Crichton
Screenplay byMichael Crichton
Based onThe Great Train Robbery
1975 novel
by Michael Crichton
Produced byJohn Foreman
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byDavid Bretherton
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
company
Starling Films
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 14 December 1978 (1978-12-14)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[1]
Box office$13 million[2]

The First Great Train Robbery (known in the United States as The Great Train Robbery) is a 1978 British heist comedy film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his 1975 novel The Great Train Robbery. The film stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down.

The story is based on an actual event, the Great Gold Robbery which took place on 15 May 1855 when 3 boxes of gold bullion and coins were stolen from the guard's van of the train service between London Bridge Station and Folkestone while it was being shipped to Paris.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference owen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Great Train Robbery at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ The Great Gold Robbery Wikipage