TV-GThe Great Train Robbery

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IMDB (21,493 votes)

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Rotten Tomatoes

500M
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Play Time: 12 mins
Western, Crime, Action, Adventure
The Great Train Robbery

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1903-12-07)
Awards:1 win
Screen:Scott Marble, Edwin S. Porter
Productions: Edison Studios
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: No Language
The Great Train Robbery
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James

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Firstly, I feel honoured to be the first to write a review for this prestigious short; secondly, I found it to be… good. I can’t claim any more than that, though it is heavily influential. The narrative is unlike many other short, silent films as it actually sucks you in until that f ....

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CinemaSerf

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This opens with quite a menacing scene from Justus D. Barnes who points his pistol right between our eyes.... Then you have to feel a bit sorry for "Broncho Billy" Anderson who proceeds to get himself tied up, shot and generally manhandled as a ruthless gang raid his railway office t ....

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