The Great Train Robbery

United States of America, 1903

Film

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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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Credits

producer

Edwin S. Porter

story

Scott Marble

writer

Edwin S. Porter

Duration

12:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1903 1903

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-5698

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Crime

Western

TMDB-Movie

5698

Wikidata

Q470329

Collected

220 times

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