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Buster

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Lively biopic telling the story of Great Train Robber Buster Edwards, a small-timer who fell in with more ambitious thieves. After the gang robs a London to Glasgow Royal Mail train in 1963, Edwards takes his family into hiding in Mexico but finds that money is no substitute for life back home. Show less

Contributors

Buster Edwards:
Phil Collins
June Edwards:
Julie Walters
Bruce Reynolds:
Larry Lamb
Franny Reynolds:
Stephanie Lawrence
Nicky Edwards:
Ellie Beaven
Sir James McDonald:
Anthony Quayle
Ronny Biggs:
Ralph Brown
Mrs Rothery:
Sheila Hancock
Inspector Jack Mitchell:
Martin Jarvis
Sergeant Chalmers:
Clive Wood
Producer:
Norma Heyman
Director:
David Green

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