Buster (film)

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Buster
Directed by David Green
Produced by Norma Heyman
Written by Colin Shindler
Starring Phil Collins
Julie Walters
Music by Anne Dudley
Distributed by Hemdale Film
Release date(s) November 23, 1988
Running time 102 m
Country Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Buster is the name of a 1988 comedy-drama film starring musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock.

It tells a romanticised version of the true story of the Great Train Robbery of 1963, focusing more on the character of train robber Buster Edwards and his subsequent flight from justice than on the robbery itself.

The robbery scenes were filmed on the Great Central Railway, using British Rail Class 40, D306, as a stand-in for D326 which was actually involved.

Several hit singles were released from the film by Collins, including "Groovy Kind of Love" and "Two Hearts", which reached #1 and #6 on the UK Singles Chart respectively. Both songs were Number One singles in the US.

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