Top billed cast

1. 

   Phil Collins

   Buster Edwards

2. 

   Julie Walters

   June Edwards

3. 

   Larry Lamb

   Bruce Reynolds

4. 

   Ralph Brown

   Ronny Biggs

5. 

   Christopher Ellison

   George

6. 

   Sheila Hancock

   Mrs. Rothery

7. 

   Martin Jarvis

   Inspector Jack Mitchell

8. 

   Anthony Quayle

   Sir James McDowell

9. 

   Michael Byrne

   Poyser

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-30

Well at least Phil Collins got a few hits from this, but otherwise it's a really lacklustre and meandering telling of a story that rocked Britain in 1963. He (the eponymous Edwards) and his pals come up with a dastardly scheme to stop Her Majesty's Royal Mail train just after a bank holiday and relieve it of some £2.5 millions in cash. He's not really a nasty man, just a petty larcenist who tries to support his collusive wife (Julie Walters) and his daughter. With another child on the way, though, he needs to up his game and so devises this plan which goes off remarkably smoothly. As ever wit...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• mexico
• robbery
• scotland yard
• based on true story
• heist
• train
• train robbery
• 1960s