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The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (calculated to present-day value of £69 million - or $73,547,750), from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
May 3, 2024 · Great Train Robbery, (August 8, 1963), in British history, the armed robbery of £2,600,000 (mostly in used bank notes) from the Glasgow–London Royal Mail Train, near Bridego Bridge north of London. The 15 holdup men, wearing helmets, ski masks, and gloves, were aided by two accomplices—an anonymous.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 2, 1979 · The story is loosely based on the real Great Gold Robbery of 1855, where a rogue criminal named William Pierce and his cohorts executed the theft of £12,000 in gold from a speeding train on route to aid the British Army during the Crimean War.
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Michael Crichton
- 1979-02-02
The First Great Train Robbery (known in the United States as The Great Train Robbery) is a 1978 British heist comedy film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his 1975 novel The Great Train Robbery. The film stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down.
The Great Train Robbery, American silent western film, released in 1903, that is historically significant for its innovative approach to film editing and narration.
A two-part drama that depicts the planning and aftermath of the Great Train Robbery of 1963, from the perspectives of the robbers and the police. Starring Robert Glenister, Jim Broadbent, Luke Evans and others, the series is based on the book by Chris Chibnall.
Feb 28, 2013 · Meet the 15 men who pulled off the 1963 Great Train Robbery in Britain, the most notorious heist in British criminal history. Learn about their lives, crimes, escapes and fates after the robbery.
