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The Great Train Robbery (1969 Film)
The Great Train Robbery may refer to: * Great Train Robbery (1963), of £2.6 million from a British train * Great Gold Robbery upright=1.6, Agar and Burgess in the guard's van, emptying the safes of the gold The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guard's van of ..., of gold worth £12,000 from a British train in 1855 Film and television * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1903 film), a 1903 American silent short Western film. * '' The Great K & A Train Robbery'', a 1926 American Western silent film. * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1941 film), a 1941 American low-budget crime-western. * "The Great Train Robbery", an episode of ''I Love Lucy'', 1955. *'' The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery'', the 1966 fourth film of the St Trinians film saga. * '' The First Great Train Robbery'', a 1978 film, released in the U.S. as ''The Great Train Robbery'', directed by Michael Cricht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Train Robbery (1963)
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.6million 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 to bring the train to a halt, a gang of 15, led by Bruce Reynolds, attacked the train. Other gang members included Gordon Goody, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson (criminal), Charlie Wilson, Roy James, John Daly, Jimmy White, Ronnie Biggs, Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey, Bob Welch and Roger Cordrey, as well as three men known only as numbers "1", "2" and "3"; two were later identified as Harry Smith and Danny Pembroke. A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present. With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman", whose real identity has never been established, the robbers escaped with over £2.6million (equivalent to £million today). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Gold Robbery
upright=1.6, Agar and Burgess in the guard's van, emptying the safes of the gold The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guard's van of the service between London Bridge station and Folkestone while it was being shipped to Paris. The robbers comprised four men, two of whom—William Tester and James Burgess—were employees of South Eastern Railway (SER), the company that ran the rail service. They were joined by the two planners of the crime, Edward Agar, a professional career criminal, and William Pierce, a former employee of SER who had been dismissed for being a gambler. During transit, the gold was held in "railway safes", which needed two keys to open. The men took wax impressions of the keys and made their own copies. When they knew a shipment was taking place, Tester ensured Burgess was on guard duty, and Agar hid in the guard's van. They emptied the safes of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery (1903 Film)
''The Great Train Robbery'' is a 1903 American silent film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It follows a gang of outlaws who hold up and rob a steam locomotive at a station in the American West, flee across mountainous terrain, and are finally defeated by a posse of locals. The short film draws on many sources, including a robust existing tradition of Western films, recent European innovations in film technique, the play of the same name by Scott Marble, the popularity of train-themed films, and possibly real-life incidents involving outlaws such as Butch Cassidy. Porter supervised and photographed the film in New York and New Jersey in November 1903; the Edison studio began selling it to vaudeville houses and other venues in the following month. The cast included Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson, who may have also helped with planning and staging. Porter's storytelling approach, though not particularly innovative or unusual for 1903, allowed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great K & A Train Robbery
''The Great K & A Train Robbery'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Tom Mix and Dorothy Dwan. The film is based on the actual foiling of a train robbery by Dick Gordon as related by Paul Leicester Ford in his book ''The Great K & A Train Robbery'' originally published as a serial in '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' in 1896. Plot Following a series of robberies of the K & A Railroad, detective Tom Gordon is hired to uncover the mystery. Disguised as a bandit, Tom boards the train of K & A President Cullen. Cullen's daughter, Madge, senses that Tom is not a criminal and soon falls in love with him. Madge is sought after by Burton, her father's secretary, who is in league with the bandits. Tom eventually discovers his duplicity, and with the aid of Tony, his horse, rounds up the villains and wins the hand of Madge. Cast * Tom Mix as Tom Gordon * Tony the Horse as Tony, Tom's Horse * Dorothy Dwan as Madge Cullen * Will Walling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery (1941 Film)
''The Great Train Robbery'' is a 1941 American low-budget B-western film. It was directed by Joseph Kane and starred Bob Steele and Claire Carleton. It was remade in 1949 as ''The Last Bandit'' and again in 1952 as ''South Pacific Trail''. Plot Railroad sleuth Tom Logan ( Bob Steele) is on a mission to stop the unlawfulness of his criminal brother, Duke Logan (Milburn Stone). Duke's gang have stolen a train filled with gold and have taken the passengers hostage as well. Amongst the many passengers is nightclub entertainer Kay Stevens ( Claire Carlton) who is looking to be rescued. Cast * Bob Steele as Tom LoganHerb Fagen (2003). ''The Encyclopedia of Westerns''. New York: Facts On File, p. 190. . * Claire Carleton as Kay Stevens * Milburn Stone as Duke Logan * Helen MacKellar as Mrs. Logan * Si Jenks as Whiskers * Monte Blue as The Super * Hal Taliaferro as Pierce * Jay Novello as Santos * Dick Wessel as Gorman * Lew Kelly as Dad Halliday * Guy Usher as Barnsdale * Yakima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of I Love Lucy Episodes
''I Love Lucy'' is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS. All 180 episodes aired on Mondays. In total 180 episodes of ''I Love Lucy'' were produced, plus a pilot episode. The pilot, which was not made for broadcast and did not air as part of the show's original run, is generally not counted as one of the episodes and therefore listed separately for reference. It is, however, available on DVD and Blu-ray releases of the first season. Following ''I Love Lucy'', a further 13 one hour-long episodes were produced under the title of ''The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show'' (later and more commonly known in syndication as ''The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour'') with the same cast and later packaged as seasons 7, 8 & 9 under the ''I Love Lucy'' series. Series overview Episodes Unaired pilot This unaired pilot was considered lost until the widow of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
''The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery'' is a British comedy film, directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, written by Sidney and Leslie Gilliat, and released on 4 April 1966. It is the last of the original series of films based on the '' St Trinian's School'' set of images and comics, and the only one to be produced in colour. The film stars a selection of actors from previous films in the series, including George Cole, Richard Wattis, Eric Barker, Michael Ripper, and Raymond Huntley, alongside Frankie Howerd, Reg Varney, Dora Bryan, and the voice of Stratford Johns. The film's story focuses on St Trinian's becoming caught up in a train robbery, after the gang who conducted it attempts to reclaim their loot from the building that the students and teachers now inhabit. The story itself is based on the actual Great Train Robbery that took place in 1963, and includes numerous parodies of the technocratic ideas of the Harold Wilson government and its support of the comprehe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Great Train Robbery
''The First Great Train Robbery'' (known in the United States as ''The Great Train Robbery'') is a 1978 Irish 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. Plot In 1855 Edward Pierce, seemingly a charismatic member of London's high society, is secretly a master thief. He plans to steal a monthly shipment of gold from the London to Folkestone train which is meant as payment for British troops fighting in the Crimean War. The gold is heavily guarded in two heavy safes in the baggage car, each of which has two locks, requiring a total of four keys. Pierce recruits Robert Agar, a pickpocket and screwsman. Pierce's mistress Miriam (Lesley-Anne Down) and his chauffeur Barlow (George Downing) join the plot, and a train guard, Burgess, is bribed into participation. The executives of the bank who arrange the gold transport, the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery (2013 TV Series)
''The Great Train Robbery'' is a two-part British television miniseries, written by Chris Chibnall, that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 and 19 December 2013. The series is distributed worldwide by Kew Media. It tells the story of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963, first from the perspective of the robbers, and then from the perspective of the police. Episode one, ''A Robber's Tale'' details the organisation of and successful completion of the robbery. Episode two, ''A Copper's Tale'' follows the police investigation into the crime and subsequent arrest of many of the perpetrators. Coincidentally, the first part, ''A Robber's Tale'', was shown on the same day that train robber Ronnie Biggs died. Plot ''A Robber's Tale'' is set between November 1962 and the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. It begins in November 1962 at London Heathrow Airport where an earlier robbery took place, Bruce Reynolds (Luke Evans) then gathered a group of men to targ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery (board Game)
''The Great Train Robbery'' is a board game created by the British military historian and author Bruce Barrymore Halpenny in the early 1970s, and is based upon the actual Great Train Robbery that took place on the 8 August 1963. Although based on the Great Train Robbery, the board game has been adapted on a few small points, one being the extra farm house that was added for playing purposes. The game is a form of strategy race game, with the robber player trying to avoid the police players. The game itself took three days and three nights for Bruce Halpenny to design, and then three years to bring onto the market.Stealing the show. ''Toy Retailing News'' - Volume 2 Number 4 - December 1976 - page 2 The famous train artist David Weston was commissioned by Bruce Halpenny to paint the box. The board of the game was original, which made a change from most board games that tend to be adaptations of other games. The board is made up of a quite complex and extensive road network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery (novel)
''The Great Train Robbery'' is a bestselling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton, his third novel under his own name and his thirteenth novel overall. Originally published in the US by Alfred A. Knopf (then a division of Random House), it is currently published by Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The novel tells the story of the Great Gold Robbery of 1855, a massive gold heist that takes place on a train travelling through Victorian-era England on 22 May 1855. Most of the book takes place in London. A 1978 film adaptation was written for the screen and directed by Crichton. Plot In 1854, master thief Edward Pierce plans to steal a shipment of gold worth more than £12,000 being transported monthly from London to the Crimean War front. The bank has locked the gold in two custom-built safes, each with two locks, thus requiring a total of four keys to open. He recruits Robert Agar, a specialist in copying keys, as an accomplice. Pierce's first target is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Train Robbery (song)
"Great Train Robbery" is a song by Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru. It was recorded at Music Mountain Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, and released as a single of their studio album '' Brutal'' via Real Authentic Sound in 1986. Production was handled by Doctor Dread and Arthur Baker. The single peaked at number 31 in New Zealand, number 49 in the Netherlands, number 62 in the United Kingdom, and was featured in the 2004 video game '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' on its fictional reggae radio station K-JAH West. Track listing Personnel * Delroy "Junior" Reid – lyrics, vocals * Sandra Jones – backing vocals * Derrick "Duckie" Simpson – backing vocals * Ira Siegel – guitar * Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare – bass * Anthony Brissett – piano * Jeffrey S. Bova – synthesizer * Lowell Fillmore Dunbar – drums * Bashiri Johnson Bashiri Johnson (born May 12, 1955) is a New York City-based percussionist, whose work has appeared on many records, as well as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
