Fresh
Crichton's films drag in dialog bouts, but triumph when action takes over.
Variety Staff, Variety
The First Great Train Robbery
Never have so few taken so much from so many.
1978 · 1h 50m · PG
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Crichton
Overview
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Director and cast
- Michael Crichton Director
- Sean Connery as Edward Pierce
- Donald Sutherland as Robert Agar
- Lesley-Anne Down as Miriam
- Peter Butterworth as Putnam
- Michael Elphick as Burgess
- Alan Webb as Edgar Trent
- Robert Lang as Sharp
- Malcolm Terris as Fowler
- Wayne Sleep as Clean Willy
- Gabrielle Lloyd as Elizabeth Trent
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
he climactic heist of the gold, with Mr. Connery climbing atop the moving railroad cars, ducking under bridges just before a possible decapitation, is marvelous action footage that manages to be very funny as it takes your breath away.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Connery is one of the best light comedians in the movies, and has been ever since those long-ago days when he was James Bond.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The characters stay largely undeveloped, while -- despite superficially peculiar features -- the robbery is stripped of the ingenious exposition of the novel.
Time Out
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