Released by United Artists

Credits:
Director and writer: Michael Crichton
Screenplay: Michael Crichton based on his novel
Producer: John Foreman
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Editor: David Bretherton
Production Designer: Maurice Carter
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Running Time: 111 minutes

Cast:

Edward Pierce: Sean Connery
Agar: Donald Sutherland
Miriam: Lesley-Anne Down
Trent: Alan Webb
Fowler: Malcolm Terris
Sharp: Robert Lang
Clean Willy: Wayne Sleep
Burgess: Michael Elphick
Emily: Pamela Salem

Genre:

Action / Crime

Synopsis:

Edward Pierce and Agar plot to steal £25,000 in gold that is being transported by train to pay British troops in the Crimean War. While Pierce and Agar make copies of four keys for the train's closely guarded safes, Miriam, Pierce's sophisticated paramour and the third partner in the scheme, uses her feminine wiles to distract a variety of officials and businessmen with connections to the gold.

Release Date (USA):

2 February 1979

Academy Awards:

-

Budget:

?

Links:

The Internet Movie Database - The First Great Train Robbery

Movies.com - The Great Train Robbery

Rottentomatoes.com - The Great Train Robbery

Hollywood.com - The First Great Train Robberyk

Trailer links:

The Internet Movie Database - Windows Media Player trailer Slow