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Great Train Robbery [Blu-ray] [1978] [US Import]

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4.5 out of 5 stars 73 customer reviews
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  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00LC4PCRE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,496 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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4.0 out of 5 starsThe First Great Train Robbery (1979)
By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER on 11 Aug. 2011
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
The First Great Train Robbery is directed by Michael Crichton who also writes the screenplay. It stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Wayne Sleep, Robert Lang, Alan Webb and Andre Morell. Music is scored by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth. The story is loosely based on the real Great Gold Robbery of 1855, where a rogue criminal named William Pierce and his cohorts executed the theft of £12,000 in gold from a speeding train on route to aid the British Army during the Crimean War.

A delightful period caper picture that's high on production value and fun characterisations. Split into two halves, Crichton's movie makes light of the actual crime to portray Connery and co as lovable rogues, thus hooking the viewer in to actually root for them to pull off the intricate crime. First half (well it's more two thirds of the film to be exact) details how the robbers obtained the four keys needed to get into the safe. Harder than it sounds since they are in different locations to one and other and guarded over by different officials. Naturally there are scrapes, skirmishes and obstacles to overcome during this complex operation, and no short amount of humour and tension either. Then it's on to the actual crime, which buzzes ferociously with derring do and ingenious cheek! It may have been loaded with chitter chatter and much bluffing of the way leading up to it, but the pay off is excellent and not without genuine excitement as Connery's (doing his own stunt work) Pierce and Sutherland's safe cracking Agar pull off the seemingly impossible.

Benefiting the film greatly is Crichton's attention to detail, where he thrives on the Victorian England setting.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsOne of my favorites of all caper movies
By Darren Harrison VINE VOICE on 2 Feb. 2006
Format: DVD
Based on the book and directed by Michael Crichton, this enjoyable caper movie from 1979 brings together a fantastic cast in an authentic 19th century Victorian environment to tell a story based around the true story of the first great train robbery. I saw this movie many years ago on British television and have always found it enjoyable so it was an easy buy for me.
In addition to a superb Sean Connery as the suave mastermind Edward Pierce (is Connery ever NOT suave) and the always amazing Donald Sutherland as his accomplice Agar, we also have Lesley-Anne Down as Miriam. Down was a favorite actress of mine from this era with movies like "The Pink Panther Strikes Again," "Rough Cut" and "Sphinx." Here she plays Connery's lover who is not afraid to use her quite incredible feminine charms to aid Pierce character.
Joining the three leads are such well known faces as British television celebrity Michael Elphick (as the railway guard who aids Pierce and Agar); Pamela Salem as Emily Trent (Salem would be reunited with Connery four years later in the rogue 007 film "Never Say Never Again") and Alan Webb as the bank president.
Filmed in Ireland with a modest budget of only $6 million, the script is intelligent, the action appropriate and the dialogue both witty and engaging. The showpiece stunt with Pierce on top of a moving train has since been copied many times since, including in the 1983 James Bond movie "Octopussy" with Roger Moore in the role that Sean Connery made famous). But this stunt sequence is distinctive in that Connery performed his own stunts.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsCool!
By A Customer on 5 Dec. 2005
Format: DVD
This film is brilliant! No other word for it....A previous reviewer said the 1855 great train robbery was a work of fiction by Michael Crichton - Not so! It really did happen, just google it and see. The film obviously misses some points and adds others, but overall it is a thrilling yarn. Connery and Sutherland in their prime. Go buy it!
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe First Great Train Robbery
By A Customer on 9 Feb. 2005
Format: DVD
YES YES YES!!!!!
This ones a gem really top notch it's got everything Sean Connery is as handsome as ever Donald Sutherland is quite hillarious in places ( look out for the scene with the dead cat!!) and then there's the female bit with Lesley Anne Downe whos ,well ,young.
A really excelent film with fine performances could watch it time and again a must have film!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 starsIN 1855, THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A ROBBERY FROM A MOVING TRAIN BEFORE
By Graham on 3 Jun. 2011
Format: DVD
So goes the thick scottish accent of Sean Connery, in the opening scene of this movie.
Donald Sutherland plays his sidekick, and Lesley Anne Down plays the love interest.
The story centres on Edward Pierce, played by Sean Connery, a master criminal, who devises a plan to steal gold bullion from the London to Folkstone express in 1855.
But there are three sets of keys that have to be duplicated first, and the way that these keys are obtained varies, giving rise to some of the comedy element, from Lesley Anne Down pretending to be a prostitute, to Donald Sutherland comicly racing up and down invisible stairs. The actual robbery played out by Sean Connery is classic entertainment.
The period setting of this movie is one of the best ever, and also full marks for the costumes.
The dvd is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2:35:1, and is also supported by a pretty good 5.1 soundtrack, considering the age of this movie. Picture Quality is also good.
If you like period dramas then this is a very worthy addition to any collection.

(This film was actually based on a true story).
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