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The Great Train Robbery è un film del 1903 scritto, prodotto e diretto da Edwin S. Porter. È considerato una pietra miliare nella produzione cinematografica in quanto utilizza una serie di tecniche non convenzionali, tra cui il montaggio composito, riprese on-location e frequenti movimenti di cinepresa.
- 11 min
- inglese
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (calculated to present-day value of £69 million - or $73,547,750 [citation needed]), 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 ...
- Cheddington Mail Van Raid
- Just after 03:00
- 8 August 1963
- Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, England
When the train stops, the group of bandits, now numbering four, slips aboard; two of them enter a mail car, kill the mail car’s messenger, and use an explosive to open a strongbox containing valuables. In the meantime, the two other bandits attempt to overtake the train’s engineer and fireman.
2 feb 1979 · Adventure Crime Drama. England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out. Director. Michael Crichton. Writer. Michael Crichton.
- (19K)
- Michael Crichton
- PG
- Adventure, Crime, Drama
3 mag 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
8 ago 2013 · The Great Train Robbery: How it happened. Just after 3am on 8 August, 1963 the night mail train from Glasgow Central to London Euston was stopped in Buckinghamshire by a gang of thieves. By...
28 feb 2013 · The Great Train Robbers: Who were they? 18 December 2013. From left to right, pictures of Bruce Reynolds, Ronald "Buster" Edwards and Ronnie Biggs released by police at the time of the robbery...
