The First Great Train Robbery | |
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![]() American theatrical release poster by Roger Kastel | |
Directed by | Michael Crichton |
Screenplay by | Michael Crichton |
Based on | The Great Train Robbery 1975 novel by Michael Crichton |
Produced by | John Foreman |
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Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Edited by | David Bretherton |
Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
Production company | Starling Films |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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]
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