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The Great Train Robbery
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The Great Train Robbery

1903 · 12 min Western Crime Action Adventure
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film doesn't pretend to be about anything other than action — and that's an honest position. The director constructs scenes with a feel for space, pace, and rhythm.

If you love the genre — this is a solid specimen. If you're indifferent to action — there's nothing extraordinary here to convert you.

Good choice for group viewing when you want to watch rather than think.

Director: Edwin S. Porter

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Big screen, decent sound. This is cinema that should sound loud and fill the room.

🎭 Cast

Gilbert M. Anderson

Gilbert M. Anderson

Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)

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John Manus Dougherty Sr.

Bandit (uncredited)

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Frank Hanaway

Bandit (uncredited)

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Adam Charles Hayman

Bandit (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Robert Milasch

Trainman / Bandit (uncredited)

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Marie Murray

Dance-Hall Dancer (uncredited)

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Mary Snow

Little Girl (uncredited)

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A.C. Abadie

Sheriff (uncredited)

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Walter Cameron

Sheriff (uncredited)

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Donald Gallaher

Little Boy (uncredited)

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