The First Great Train Robbery

The First Great Train Robbery

Never have so few taken so much from so many.

1978110 min6.7 / 10

A clever, meticulously plotted heist set in Victorian England that balances suspenseful planning with period charm and the looming threat of execution.

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

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