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1978
The First Great Train Robbery is a 1978 British heist comedy film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay, and based on Crichton's 1975 novel The Great Train Robbery. The film stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down.
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American writer and film-maker Michael Crichton has, thanks to his prolific work in the genre, built a reputation as the father of the modern “techno-thriller”. This makes the 1978 period action comedy *The Great Train Robbery* look like a somewhat odd entry in his filmography. On the other hand, this film can be described as some sort of “techno-thriller”, at least in the context of the period when the plot takes p…More
