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The Great Train Robbery (1904 Film)
The Great Train Robbery may refer to: * Great Train Robbery (1963), of £2.6 million from a British train * Great Gold Robbery, of gold worth £12,000 from a British train in 1855 Film and television * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1903 film), an American silent short Western film * ''The Great K & A Train Robbery'', a 1926 American Western silent film * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1941 film), an 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 Crichton, based on his novel * '' Old 587: The Great Train Robbery'', a 2000 film that involves the steam locomotive Nickel Plate Road 587 * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (2013 TV series), a British mini-series Other uses * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (board game), a 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Train Robbery (1963)
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (worth about £ million in ) from a Royal Mail train travelling 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, 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 £2.61 million. The bulk of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Gold Robbery
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 the South Eastern Railway (SER), the company that ran the rail service. They were joined by the planners of the crime: Edward Agar, a career criminal, and William Pierce, a former employee of the 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 of gold, valued at the time at £12,000 (approximately ), then left the train at Dover. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery (1903 Film)
''The Great Train Robbery'' is a 1903 American silent film, silent Western film, Western action film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It follows a gang of outlaws who hold up and rob a steam train 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 innovat ... [...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 film, silent Western (genre), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery (1941 Film)
''The Great Train Robbery'' is a 1941 American Low-budget film, low-budget B-western film. It was directed by Joseph Kane and starred Bob Steele (actor), 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 (actor), 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 (actor), 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 ... [...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 180 black-and-white episodes originally ran on Monday nights from October 15, 1951 to May 6, 1957 on CBS. The pilot episode, which was not produced for broadcast and did not air during the show's original run, is generally excluded from the list of episodes, although it is available in the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the first season. Following ''I Love Lucy'', 13 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 for syndication as Seasons 7, 8 and 9 of the ''I Love Lucy'' series. Series overview Episodes Unaired pilot The unaired pilot was kinescoped on March 2, 1951 and was considered lost until the widow of Pepito Pérez, a clown who appears in it, notified CBS Entertainment president Bud Grant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great St
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...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 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. Plot In 1855, Edward Pierce, a 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. Two heavy safes in the baggage car guard the gold, each of which has two locks, requiring a total of four keys. Pierce recruits pickpocket and screwsman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery may refer to: * Great Train Robbery (1963), of £2.6 million from a British train * Great Gold Robbery, of gold worth £12,000 from a British train in 1855 Film and television * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1903 film), an American silent short Western film * ''The Great K & A Train Robbery'', a 1926 American Western silent film * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1941 film), an 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 Crichton, based on his novel * '' Old 587: The Great Train Robbery'', a 2000 film that involves the steam locomotive Nickel Plate Road 587 * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (2013 TV series), a British mini-series Other uses * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (board game), a 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickel Plate Road 587
Nickel Plate Road 587 is a preserved Nickel Plate Road class H-6o, H-6o class 2-8-2 "USRA Light Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its No. 5541. In 1923, the LE&W was merged into the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Nickel Plate Road", and allocated 587 as its new number in 1924. Following a lengthy service career with the LE&W and the Nickel Plate, the locomotive was retired to Broad Ripple Park in Indianapolis, Indiana in the mid 1950s. In the 1980s, no. 587 was restored to operating condition and went on to operate public excursions for 11 years. From 2003 to 2018, the locomotive was being restored by the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville, Indiana. However in 2018, the museum was being moved to Logansport, Indiana, forcing No. 587 to be stored in Ravenna, Kentucky by the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation, Kentu ... [...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 (1963), 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 (1963), Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. It begins in November 1962 at London Heathrow Airport where an earlier robbery took place, Bruce Re ... [...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] |
