The Great Train Robbery
2013 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 90 min · ★ 6.6
This two-part true-crime drama retells the famous 1963 mail train heist, showing both the planning of the robbery and the police effort to track down those involved. It explores how such a bold crime was carried out and why it shocked the country.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-12-18
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (68 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy British crime stories with a true-case angle and a two-sided structure, somewhere between Endeavour and Grace; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a consistently gripping second half.
Pros: tense heist setup; strong performances; vivid period atmosphere | Cons: overlong runtime; weaker second half; some factual errors
Themes
- based on true story
- miniseries
- britain
- train robbery
- 1960s
Cast & crew
Jim Broadbent
as DCS Tommy Butler
Luke Evans
as Bruce Reynolds
Jack Roth
as Charlie Wilson
Robert Glenister
as DI Frank Williams
Paul Anderson
as Gordon Goody
Neil Maskell
as Buster Edwards
Martin Compston
as Roy James
Nicholas Murchie
as Roger Corderey
Del Synnott
as Brian Field
Jack Gordon
as Ronnie Biggs
Directed by Julian Jarrold, James Strong
Episodes1 season · 2 episodes
Season 12 episodes
- S1E1A Robber's Tale88mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E2A Copper's Tale90mAmazon Prime VideoTubi