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It electrified dad! It terrified mother! It will amuse you! - The Great Train Robbery
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Title: The Great Train Robbery

Release Date: 7 Dec 1903

Runtime: 12m

Genre: Western, Crime, Action, Adventure

Director: Edison Studios

Production Companies: Edison Studios

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.006 (626 votes)

Cast

  • Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited): Gilbert M. Anderson
  • Bandit (uncredited): John Manus Dougherty Sr.
  • Bandit (uncredited): Frank Hanaway
  • Bandit (uncredited): Adam Charles Hayman
  • Trainman / Bandit (uncredited): Robert Milasch
  • Dance-Hall Dancer (uncredited): Marie Murray
  • Little Girl (uncredited): Mary Snow
  • Sheriff (uncredited): A.C. Abadie
  • Sheriff (uncredited): Walter Cameron
  • Little Boy (uncredited): Donald Gallaher
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