A British heist drama; A story set in Victorian times about an accomplished crook and a master safecracker who hatch a plan to rob a British Army payroll train carrying a fortune in gold bullion. This is a neo-noir thriller with some of the most breathtaking stunts ever performed by an actor judged on the basis of danger. Sean Connery delivers a very good light comedy turn and Donald Sutherland is well cast, dovetailing well as his partner-in-crime. The mark-down is that it seems to lumber along a bit in its own deliberately simplified style, failing to sustain the tension of the robbery. All in all, good period escapism.
Review of The Great Train Robbery
