About this title: Not a remake of the landmark 1903 Edwin S. Porter film, The Great Train Robbery is a dramatization of the famous first hold-up of a moving train in 1855 England. The conspirators in this undertaking are Edward Pierce (Sean Connery), Agar (Donald Sutherland) and Clean Willy (Wayne Sleep). Pierce is the brains, Clean Willy the brawn, and safecracker Agar provides the finesse. The scheme involves stealing a shipment of gold bars intended to be used in the payroll for the Army in the Crimean War. Lesley Anne Down co-stars as Miriam, the woman on the outside who arranges Connery's getaway. When ...
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Format: VHS
Studio: MGM/UA Home Video
Date: 1988
UPC:027616142733
Description: Starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down. Originally released: 1978. Run time: 111 minutes. Screenplay by Michael Crichton based on his novel. A wonderful film about a train robbery in the middle of the 19th Century. Gold is being transported to pay the troops during the war with Russia in the Crimea, and that gold is wanted by an audacious gang led by Sean Connery. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
UPC:027616714923
Description: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Robert Lang, Andre Morell, Brian Glover, Noel Johnson, Brooke... Very good in good packaging. 1978 Run time: 111. read more
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