The second is about the police investigation and search for them. The trouble is, Michael Crichton's novel (loosely based on the Great Gold Robbery of 1855) is a straight, quasi-factual affair, whereas the movie aims to be a heist romp and Crichton as a screenwriter and director seems to struggle with this lighter touch. Based partly on the play, The great train robbery, by Scott Marble. The conspirators in this undertaking are Edward Pierce (Sean Connery), Agar (Donald Sutherland) and Clean Willy (Wayne Sleep). The film stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, and Lesley-Anne Down The First Great Train Robbery, released in the United States as The Great Train Robbery, is a 1978 British heist neo noir crime film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his novel The Great Train Robbery.. The first part focuses on mid-range crooks, led by Bruce Reynolds (Luke Evans) who decide to rob a train carrying a fortune in money. The Great Train Robbery produced by Edwin S. Porter in 1903 is frequently acknowledged as the first narrative film. The second is about the police investigation and search for them. Series 1. Trash Truck. The film was inspired by Scott Marble's 1896 stage play, and may also have been inspired by a 1900 train robbery perpetrated by Butch Cassidy. In this stop-motion short film, a bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery. "The Great Train Robbery" is a miniseries in two parts. The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.. After tampering with the lineside signals in order to bring the train to a halt, a gang of fifteen, led by Bruce Reynolds, attacked the train. This miniseries tells the story of the real-life event in 1963, known as the Great Train Robbery, in which a gang of 15 robbers, led by mastermind Bruce Reynolds, attacked a train and got away with more than £2.6 million. 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. Release year: 2013. The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery is a character driven thriller about a heist pulled off by a team on a running train. The Great Train Robbery. The feature is brimmed with tiny notions and tactics that steals away one's attention that is not only slick but smarter than one usually gets from such genres. Chris Chibnall, the screenwriter of The Great Train Robbery, speaks to us about what inspired him to write about the infamous robbery, and how he brings to life one of the untold stories of the event. The Great Train Robbery. In a sense, Porter helped prime the public for the movies. Non-viewing print was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry. Contact reference librarian. Part one tells the story from the robbers' point of view, detailing how the act was inspired, planned, rehearsed and executed. Actors in the movie included Alfred C. Abadie, Broncho Billy Anderson and Justus D. Barnes, although there were …