The First Great Train Robbery

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The First Great Train Robbery
original movie poster
Directed by	Michael Crichton
Produced by	John Foreman
Written by	Michael Crichton
Starring	Sean Connery Donald Sutherland Lesley-Anne Down
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Editing by	David Bretherton
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	1979
Running time	110 min.
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The First Great Train Robbery is a 1979 film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his novel The Great Train Robbery. In the U.S., the film was also known as The Great Train Robbery.

The film starred Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down. The story is loosely based on the Great Gold Robbery of 1855, in which Edward Pierce engineered the theft of a train-load of gold being shipped to the British Army during the Crimean War.

The film features many picturesque characters and scenes of the Victorian era, particularly the criminal mobs of the time. Although set in London and Kent, most of the filming took place in Ireland. In particular, the final scenes were filmed in Parliament Square of Trinity College, Dublin and Kent Railway Station Kent Station (Cork).