The Great Train Robbery
Encyclopedia
Events
- Great Gold Robbery of 1855Great Gold Robbery of 1855The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when three London firms sent a box of gold bars and coins each from London Bridge station for Paris via the South Eastern Railway...
, took place during a train and sea journey from London to Paris on May 15 - Great Train Robbery (1963)Great Train Robbery (1963)The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £2.6 million train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. The bulk of the stolen money was not recovered...
, took place near Linslade in England on August 8 - "Great Dinky Robbery", prank perpetrated by four Princeton University students on Friday, May 3, 1963 on the Princeton Branch
- "The Great Train Robbery", the West's first train robbery, Central Pacific Railroad, November 4, 1870, near Verdi-Mogul, NevadaVerdi-Mogul, NevadaVerdi-Mogul is a census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It lies on the western side of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, just off Interstate 80. The population was 2,949 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
Games
- The Great Train Robbery Board Game, early 1970s game by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, based on the Great Train Robbery of 1963
- The Great Brain RobberyThe Great Brain RobberyThe Great Brain Robbery is a board game designed by James Ernest and released in 2000 by Cheapass Games.It is a wild west-themed sequel to Give Me the Brain, and the fourth in the Friedey's series of games...
, from Cheapass Games in 2000, zombie-themed board game inspired by the various Great Train Robberies
Books
- The Great Train Robbery (novel)The Great Train Robbery (novel)The Great Train Robbery is a bestselling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton. Originally published in the USA by Alfred A. Knopf , it is currently published by Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers...
, bestselling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton - The Train Robbers, 1978 book by Piers Paul ReadPiers Paul ReadPiers Paul Read, FRSL is a British novelist and non-fiction writer.-Background:Read was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire...
Films
- The Great Train Robbery, 1903 film directed by Edwin S. PorterEdwin S. PorterEdwin Stanton Porter was an American early film pioneer, most famous as a director with Thomas Edison's company...
- The Great K & A Train RobberyThe Great K & A Train RobberyThe Great K & A Train Robbery is a 1926 American western film directed by Lewis Seiler. Starring Tom Mix and Dorothy Dwan. The story is based upon the actual foiling of a train robbery by Dick Gordon as related by Paul Leicester Ford in his book The Great K & A Train Robbery originally published as...
, 1926 American western film directed by Lewis Seiler - The Great St Trinian's Train RobberyThe Great St Trinian's Train RobberyThe Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery is a British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School, released in 1966, three years after the Great Train Robbery had taken place...
, 1966 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat - Robbery (film), 1967 film version of the 1963 Great Train Robbery event, directed by Peter Yates
- The First Great Train RobberyThe First Great Train RobberyThe First Great Train Robbery — known in the U.S. as The Great Train Robbery — is a 1979 film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his novel The Great Train Robbery...
, 1979 film directed by Michael Crichton, based on his novel of the same name
Television
- "The Great Train Robbery", Halloween 1955 episode of I Love Lucy
Music
- "Great Train Robbery", 1986 song by Black UhuruBlack UhuruBlack Uhuru are a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru . The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Duckie Simpson always maintaining group control and ownership...
on the Brutal album