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The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery
★ 7.0/10•1903•12m•U•Western•Crime•Action

It electrified dad! It terrified mother! It will amuse you!

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.

Edwin S. Porter · Director

Edwin S. Porter · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime12m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 7, 1903
Budget$150

Actors

Gilbert M. Anderson

Gilbert M. Anderson

Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)

John Manus Dougherty Sr.

Bandit (uncredited)

Frank Hanaway

Bandit (uncredited)

Adam Charles Hayman

Bandit (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Robert Milasch

Trainman / Bandit (uncredited)

Marie Murray

Dance-Hall Dancer (uncredited)

Mary Snow

Little Girl (uncredited)

A.C. Abadie

Sheriff (uncredited)

Walter Cameron

Sheriff (uncredited)

Donald Gallaher

Little Boy (uncredited)

Shadrack E. Graham

Child (uncredited)

George Barnes

George Barnes

(uncredited)

Morgan Jones

Morgan Jones

(uncredited)

Justus D. Barnes

Justus D. Barnes

Bandit Who Fires at Camera (uncredited)

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