The great train robbery

The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent Western film made by Edwin S. Porter. It follows a gang of outlaws who hold up and rob a steam locomotive at a station in the American West, flee across mountainous terrain, and are finally defeated by a posse of locals. The short film draws on many sources, including a robust existing tradition of Western films, recent European innovations in film technique, the play of the same name by Scott Marble, the popularity of train-themed films.

The Great Train Robbery (1903)

The Great Train Robbery (2013 TV Mini-Series)

The Great Train Robbery (1903)

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Read "Great Train Robberies of the Old West" by R. Michael Wilson available from Rakuten Kobo. During the 1800s trains carried the nation's wealth throughout the east, but no one thought to rob a speeding train unti...