
The Great Train Robbery
1903 · short film · TV-G · 12 min · ★ 7.0 · 95% critics
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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Details
- Years
- 1903
- Release date
- 1903-12-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-G
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (699 votes)
- Budget
- $250
Themes
- robbery
- robber
- dynamite
- hold-up robbery
- outlaw
- railroad
- bandit
- silent film
- train robbery
- posse
- short film
Cast & crew

Gilbert M. Anderson
as Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)
- JS
John Manus Dougherty Sr.
as Bandit (uncredited)
- FH
Frank Hanaway
as Bandit (uncredited)
- AH
Adam Charles Hayman
as Bandit (uncredited)

Robert Milasch
as Trainman / Bandit (uncredited)
- MM
Marie Murray
as Dance-Hall Dancer (uncredited)
- MS
Mary Snow
as Little Girl (uncredited)
- AA
A.C. Abadie
as Sheriff (uncredited)
- WC
Walter Cameron
as Sheriff (uncredited)
- DG
Donald Gallaher
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Directed by Edwin S. Porter