The Great Train Robbery poster
Director Edwin S. Porter
Writer Edwin S. Porter

The Great Train Robbery

Tagline: It electrified dad! It terrified mother! It will amuse you!

Release Date: 1903-12-07

Duration: 12 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Robert Milasch
    Trainman / Bandit (uncredited)
  • Gilbert M. Anderson
    Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)
  • Donald Gallaher
    Little Boy (uncredited)
  • A.C. Abadie
    Sheriff (uncredited)
  • Justus D. Barnes
    Bandit Who Fires at Camera (uncredited)
  • Adam Charles Hayman
    Bandit (uncredited)
  • Marie Murray
    Dance-Hall Dancer (uncredited)
  • George Barnes
    (uncredited)
  • John Manus Dougherty Sr.
    Bandit (uncredited)
  • Frank Hanaway
    Bandit (uncredited)

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