The First Great Train Robbery 

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Sean Connery

Donald Sutherland

Lesley-Anne Down

Alan Webb

Malcolm Terris

Robert Lang

Michael Elphick

Wayne Sleep

Pamela Salem

Gabrielle Lloyd

Brian Glover

Michael Crichton

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Drama: Thriller

03/01/2004

BBC Two - The First Great Train Robbery

A gentleman crook and a master safe-cracker attempt the first moving train robbery.

A gentleman crook and a master safe-cracker attempt the first moving train robbery, targeting a British Army payroll on its way to the Crimea. Starring Sean Connery.

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.

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