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The First Great Train Robbery

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

A stylish period thriller in which a gentleman crook and a master safe-cracker attempt the first moving train robbery - their target a British Army payroll on its way to the Crimean War. Exciting story based on fact, with director Michael Crichton adapting his own novel. Show less

Contributors

Edward Pierce/John Simms/Geoffrey:
Sean Connery
Robert Agar:
Donald Sutherland
Miriam/Madame Lucienne/Brigid Lawson:
Lesley-Anne Down
Edgar Trent:
Alan Webb
Henry Fowler:
Malcolm Terris
Inspector Sharp:
Robert Lang
William Williams:
Wayne Sleep
Emily Trent:
Pamela Salem
Elizabeth Trent:
Gabrielle Lloyd
Captain Jimmy:
Brian Glover

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