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The First Great Train Robbery(Movie, 1978)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Genres: Thriller, Adventure, Drama, Crime
The First Great Train RobberyRating: 3.3/5 (with 145145 votes)
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. ()
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About The First Great Train Robbery

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

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The First Great Train Robbery ≣ 1978 ≣ Trailer #1(Trailer, 2:52)

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: London
Based on the work of: Michael Crichton ("The Great Train Robbery")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/11/1979 (World premiere: 12/14/1978)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"O Primeiro Assalto de Trem"
"Velká vlaková loupež"
"Der erste große Eisenbahnraub"
"Der große Eisenbahnraub"
"Η κλοπή των αιώνων"
"火車大劫案"
"Az első nagy vonatrablás"
"1855 - La prima grande rapina al treno"
"La prima grande rapina al treno"
"Wielki Napad na Pociąg"
"Det stora tågrånet"
"The Great Train Robbery"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:7725, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024