The Great Train Robbery

About The Great Train Robbery

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 crime western film directed by Edwin S. Porter. It runs 12 minutes and was released in December 1903.

Gilbert M. Anderson stars as Bandit, John Manus Dougherty Sr. as Bandit (uncredited), Frank Hanaway as Bandit (uncredited), and Adam Charles Hayman as Bandit (uncredited). Written by Edwin S. Porter.

Shelv files it under outlaw, bandit, railroad, and train robbery. American members can watch it on FlixFling.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, A Dog's Life, and Cowboys & Aliens make useful companions to The Great Train Robbery, all filed under dynamite and posse. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 728 TMDB voters.