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The Great Train Robbery (1903)

★ 7.0/10 12 min Western, Crime, Action, Adventure United States English
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Writer: Edwin S. Porter
Story by: Scott Marble
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It electrified dad! It terrified mother! It will amuse you!

Description

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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Top Cast

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)

The Great Train Robbery Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #998
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #08
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #284
Russian Culture Ministry’s 100 Recommended Films
Russian Culture Ministry #43
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #297

Critic Curated

Indiewire's 100 Greatest Westerns of All Time
IndieWire #11

Curated List

Cinema of the Attractions
CinemaWaves Blog #004

Genre Curation

The 50 Best Western Movies Ever by Keith Phipps (Vulture)
Vulture #45

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