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Novel by Michael Crichton
The Great Train Robbery is a best-selling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton, his third novel under his own name and his thirteenth novel
The Great Train Robbery (novel)
The_Great_Train_Robbery_(novel)
1978 film by Michael Crichton
the screenplay, and based on Crichton's 1975 novel The Great Train Robbery. The film stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down. The story
The_First_Great_Train_Robbery
1963 robbery in Ledburn, England
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (worth about £49.67 million in 2026) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London
Great_Train_Robbery_(1963)
Topics referred to by the same term
The Great Train Robbery may refer to: Great Train Robbery (1963), of £2.6 million from a British train Great Gold Robbery, of gold worth £12,000 from
The_Great_Train_Robbery
1926 film
The Great K & A Train Robbery is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Tom Mix and Dorothy Dwan. The film is based
The_Great_K_&_A_Train_Robbery
Type of robbery involving the theft of money/valuables being carried aboard trains
Since the invention of locomotives in the early 19th century, trains have often been the target of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other
Train_robbery
1905 film
film The Great Train Robbery with an all-child "cast as the robbers, and a miniature railroad and playhouse as sets." The film opens inside the robbers'
The_Little_Train_Robbery
1855 British train heist
for 14 years. The crime was the subject of a television play in 1960, with Colin Blakely as Pierce. The Great Train Robbery, a novel by the writer and director
Great_Gold_Robbery
Michael Crichton (1972). The Terminal Man. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-44768-1. Michael Crichton (1975-05-12). The Great Train Robbery. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-49401-2
Michael_Crichton_bibliography
American author and filmmaker (1942–2008)
eventually published 25 novels in his lifetime, including: The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Terminal Man (1972), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980)
Michael_Crichton
American actor (1862–1946)
role in the 1903 silent short The Great Train Robbery, which the American Film Institute and many film historians and critics recognize as the production
Justus_D._Barnes
Robbery – based on the Great Gold Robbery of 1855. From Russia with Love – James Bond novel and film, confrontation onboard the Orient Express. The Burning
Rail_transport_in_fiction
2004 mystery novel by Keith Miles
robbery which is investigated and ultimately solved by two Scotland Yard detectives, Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming. The novel was
The_Railway_Detective
1980 novel by Michael Crichton
working with Sean Connery on The Great Train Robbery and wrote Congo hoping to make the film version with Connery in the lead and Crichton to direct.
Congo_(novel)
1932 novel by Graham Greene
Stamboul Train is the second significant novel by Graham Greene. Set on a train journey from Ostend to Istanbul, the book was renamed Orient Express when
Stamboul_Train
Group of outlaws in the American Old West
brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted double bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1892, two of the brothers
Dalton_Gang
British actress (born 1954)
(1977), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Hanover Street (1979), Rough Cut (1980), Sphinx (1981) and Nomads (1986). On television, she played the leading
Lesley-Anne_Down
1973 novel
thwart the first Great Train Robbery. Nash & Kilda p.165 David Nash & Anne-Marie Kilday. Law, Crime and Deviance Since 1700: Micro-Studies in the History
Beau_Blackstone
American lawyer and actor (1863–1961)
robbed trains, general stores and a post office, with little monetary success. Two of his most publicized robberies were the August 16, 1897, robbery of a
Al_Jennings
Name list
Notable people with the name include: Surname: Gordon Goody (1930–2016), British criminal, involved in the Great Train Robbery Jack Goody (1919–2015)
Goody_(name)
American film pioneer (1870–1941)
(1901), Jack and the Beanstalk (1902), Life of an American Fireman (1903), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The European Rest Cure (1904), The Kleptomaniac
Edwin_S._Porter
American novelist, screenwriter, and actor
into films. He wrote the scripts for—and acted in—Straight Time (1978) (adapted from his debut novel No Beast So Fierce), Runaway Train (1985), and Animal
Edward_Bunker
British actor (born 1984)
Hummingbird (2013) and The Hooligan Factory (2014), as well as the miniseries The Great Train Robbery (2013). In October 2014, Bye was cast in the role of Martin
James_Bye
American outlaw (1863–1901)
was executed in 1901 for attempted train robbery. The execution by hanging was botched; he was decapitated because the executioner used a rope that was
Tom_Ketchum
Criminal organization
The gang was based in the state of Missouri, the home of most of the members. Membership fluctuated from robbery to robbery, as the outlaws' raids were
James–Younger_Gang
American animated television series
Henchmen (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Mumbly (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Lowbrow (in "What Now, Lowbrow," "The Injustice League
Dynomutt,_Dog_Wonder
American outlaw and gunman (1867–1904)
shootouts with police and civilians and participated in several bank and train robberies with various gangs during his outlaw days. Logan was born in Richland
Harvey_Logan
Novel by Michael Crichton
correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall. The story is
Eaters_of_the_Dead
Road and bridleway in Hyde Park, London
Architecture". The Royal Parks. 15 December 2003. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2009. The First Great Train Robbery. Dir
Rotten_Row
Pepperinge Eye – Bedknobs and Broomsticks Hamingwell Halt – The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery Rio – Swallows and Amazons Strickland Junction – Swallows
List of fictional railway stations
List_of_fictional_railway_stations
Robbery of bank stagecoach by Bolsheviks in 1907
The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery, also known as the Erivansky Square expropriation, was an armed robbery on 26 June 1907[a] in the city of Tiflis (present-day
1907_Tiflis_bank_robbery
Film by Tony Scott
adaptation of the John Godey novel of the same name (following the 1974 theatrical film and 1998 television film). The film is about a train dispatcher (Denzel
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film)
The_Taking_of_Pelham_123_(2009_film)
English television writer (born 1970)
which tells the story of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. Coincidentally, the first part was shown on the same day that train robber Ronnie
Chris_Chibnall
1967 novel by Robert Lipsyte
Alfred decides to join Donatelli's Gym and train as an amateur boxer. Throughout the course of the novel, readers see a timid adolescent transcend into
The_Contender_(Lipsyte_novel)
Topics referred to by the same term
screenwriter of American animated cartoons Edward Pierce, the protagonist of the novel The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton Edward Pearce (disambiguation)
Edward_Pierce
19th and 20th-century American gunman
outlaw responsible for many stagecoach, bank, and train robberies throughout the American Southwest during the 1880s and 1890s. He acted on his own and also
Nathaniel_Reed_(outlaw)
English actor (born 1948)
drive the hijacked train away during the Great Train Robbery. Cook played the company accountant, Mr Arthur Crabb, in the ITV series Mr Selfridge (2013 to
Ron_Cook
1972 novel by Michael Crichton
The Terminal Man is a novel by American writer Michael Crichton. It is his second novel under his own name, his 12th overall, and is about the dangers
The_Terminal_Man
English actor (1916–1999)
Jenkins alone. His movie career included roles in Frenzy, The First Great Train Robbery, For Your Eyes Only and his last film Withnail & I in 1987, where
Noel_Johnson
American outlaw (1847–1882)
hamming it up for the bystanders. On July 21, 1873, the James–Younger gang turned to train robbery, derailing a Rock Island Line train west of Adair, Iowa
Jesse_James
1965 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
train is robbed. Some witnesses of the robbery report having seen Pennyfather on the train. Days later, the Canon's disappearance is reported to the police
At_Bertram's_Hotel
American outlaw
Timeless episode "The Murder of Jesse James" (2017). Dick Liddil Beights, Ronald H. (2005). Jesse James and the First Missouri Train Robbery. Gretna: Pelican
Charles_Ford_(outlaw)
2010 American crime thriller film directed by Ben Affleck
and Slaine. The film features a Boston bank robber who begins to develop romantic feelings for a victim of one of his previous robberies but hides his
The_Town_(2010_film)
American Wild West outlaw
was involved in the killing of William S. “Slim” Traynor and in various train robberies including the robbery of the Train Depot in the town of Cochise
Bill_Downing
1851–1853 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell
Cranford is an episodic novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell. It first appeared in instalments in the magazine Household Words, then was published
Cranford_(novel)
Russian con artist
committed several carefully planned robberies, and was eventually captured and exiled to the Sakhalin penal colony. She became the basis of several books and films
Sonya_Golden_Hand
2007 film by Andrew Dominik
Jesse James when the James Gang is planning a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri, making unsuccessful attempts to join the gang with the help of his older
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The_Assassination_of_Jesse_James_by_the_Coward_Robert_Ford
Scottish actor (born 1984)
April 2013 Compston starred in the ITV miniseries The Ice Cream Girls. He appeared as Roy James in The Great Train Robbery. In 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and
Martin_Compston
Men's prison in London, England
from the prison, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery. Two years later he fled to Brazil and remained on the run
HM_Prison_Wandsworth
French writer
The 100,000,000 Franc Train Robbery, scripted by T. E. B. Clarke and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Herbert Lom. The Mystery of the Cross-eyed Man was read
Paul_Berna
British journalist and thriller writer (1926–1987)
(1967), and worked on the script for Peter Yates's Robbery (1967), a fictionalised feature film based on the 1963 Great Train Robbery. When Patrick McGoohan
George_Markstein
Fictional English village
Marple's introduction, in the 1928 Hercule Poirot novel The Mystery of the Blue Train. In that novel, St Mary Mead is home to the book's protagonist Katherine
St_Mary_Mead
English film director and producer (1929–2011)
notably The Saint and Danger Man. Yates' third feature as director was the heist film Robbery (1967), a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery of
Peter_Yates
American Old West outlaw (1866–1908)
robbed a Union Pacific Overland Flyer passenger train near Wilcox, Wyoming, a robbery that earned them a great deal of notoriety and resulted in a massive
Butch_Cassidy
British illustrator (born 1969)
Pocket Pirates Series: The Great Cheese Robbery (2015) The Great Drain Escape (2018) The Great Flytrap Disaster (2019) The Great Treasure Hunt (2019) written
Chris_Mould
1935 theft from Croydon Aerodrome, England
records relating to the case are held by the British National Archives at Kew. Great Train Robbery (1963) List of heists in the United Kingdom Whalley
Croydon_Aerodrome_robbery
Defunct American film production organization (1894–1918)
(1896); The Great Train Robbery (1903); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1910); Frankenstein (1910), the first film adaptation of the novel; The Battle
Edison_Studios
2004 British film by Danny Boyle
Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Alex Etel The song playing in the flashback to the train robbery is "Hysteria" by Muse and, shortly after, another
Millions_(2004_film)
1897 science fiction horror novel by Richard Marsh
The Beetle (or The Beetle: A Mystery) is an 1897 fin de siècle Gothic horror novel by British writer Richard Marsh, in which a shape-shifting ancient Egyptian
The_Beetle_(novel)
American outlaw (1859–1895)
their direction. He took part in numerous bank robberies and train robberies, and was a key figure during the gang's shootout with US Marshals in Ingalls
William_Blake_(outlaw)
1975 film by Robert Stevenson
was based on the 1970 novel The Great Dinosaur Robbery by David Forrest (pseudonym of David Eliades and Robert Forrest Webb). It was the last work of
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
One_of_Our_Dinosaurs_Is_Missing
Man who killed Jesse James (1861–1892)
him in 1880 at the age of 18. Ford's brother Charley is believed to have taken part in the James–Younger Gang's Blue Cut train robbery in Jackson County
Robert_Ford_(outlaw)
1958 film by Anthony Mann
Mirisch and distributed by United Artists. The screenplay, written by Reginald Rose, is based on the 1955 novel The Border Jumpers, by Will C. Brown. Julie
Man_of_the_West
Judith Rossner The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins The Greek Treasure by Irving Stone The Great Train Robbery by Michael
Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s
Publishers_Weekly_list_of_bestselling_novels_in_the_United_States_in_the_1970s
Coffee table book by Michael Crichton
1972 novel, The Terminal Man, psychiatrist Janet Ross owned a copy of the painting Numbers by Jasper Johns. The technophobic antagonist of the story
Jasper_Johns_(book)
Fictional detective
introduced in the 1924 novel Inspector French's Greatest Case, in which he investigates a fatal diamond robbery in Hatton Garden. The series relied largely
Inspector_French
1951 film by Lewis Allen
leaves town. When the robbery begins, Regas neglects his part in the preparations to take Sister Augustine prisoner, and when the gang meets, she blurts
Appointment_with_Danger
1969 novel by Sam Greenlee
revolutionary leaders; a bank robbery on 115th and Halstead streets; and the robbery of a National Guard Armory on Cottage Grove Avenue. The Cobras have become a
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (novel)
The_Spook_Who_Sat_by_the_Door_(novel)
2018 Novel by Sarah J. Maas
Soulstealer is a 2018 young adult coming of age novel by Sarah J. Maas. It is the third novel in the DC Icons series, following Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Catwoman:_Soulstealer
1993 novel by Larry McMurtry
bandit. The bandit in question is a young Mexican named Joey Garza, who has cost Terry significant business and money through his deadly train robberies. Brookshire
Streets_of_Laredo_(novel)
based on western fiction. Geographically, this page encompasses the frontiers of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as Australia and South
List of films based on western fiction
List_of_films_based_on_western_fiction
Creations of the English novelist (1890–1976)
This article has one table to summarize the novels with characters who occur in other Christie novels; the table is titled Crossovers by Christie. There
Agatha Christie's fictional universe
Agatha_Christie's_fictional_universe
1906 film
evade the police and the gang killing of Aaron Sherritt. Scene 5: The attempt to derail a train and scenes at the Glenrowan Inn. The police surround the hotel
The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang
American novelist and essayist
Project. The manuscript had been a finalist in the 2019 SFWP Literary Awards, judged by Carmen Maria Machado. Set against the Great Recession, the novel follows
Elizabeth_Gonzalez_James
1961 film by Joseph M. Newman
to solve his money problems by staging a robbery of the syndicate's money, using a man he knows will play the role of armed robber for him. She then visits
The_Lawbreakers
Subgenre of crime fiction
Tony Kenrick The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973) by John Godey— a subway car is hijacked and held for ransom The Great Train Robbery (1975) by Michael
Caper_story
(Christmas Day robbery of a church) 1955 17 January 1950 31 July 1952 1957 16 June 1959 15 November 1959 1965 ♣ The robbery took place in Argentina; the pursuit
List of films based on crime books
List_of_films_based_on_crime_books
English journalist (1906–1971)
actor began as a boy at the Haymarket Theatre and he appeared in many plays and films. He went on to write a number of novels and biographical works,
Godfrey_Winn
American outlaw (1868–1901)
was later involved in the robbery of a "Great Northern" train near Wagner, Montana. He was shot and killed in Jack Owens' Bakery the night of April 2, 1901
William_Carver_(outlaw)
1924 Poirot short story collection by Agatha Christie
the title The Marsdon Manor Tragedy) The Million Dollar Bond Robbery – April 1924, Volume 38, Number 6 (under the title The Great Bond Robbery) The Adventure
Poirot_Investigates
who investigated a train robbery, resulting in a heist reminiscent of the Great Train Robbery. It was based on the Red Gold novel by Mikhalkov and Volodarsky
Eduard_Volodarsky
British novelist, historian and biographer
later made into the 1998 film of the same name by Tom Waller. In 1978 he wrote the book The Train Robbers about the Great Train Robbery in England in 1963
Piers_Paul_Read
1854 novel by Charles Dickens
(commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by English author Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirises
Hard_Times_(novel)
David C. (2011). The First Great Train Robbery. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0-7090-9040-3. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British
1855_in_the_United_Kingdom
Lists of adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie. As of 2025, the only Christie novels not to have received an adaptation of any kind are Postern of
Adaptations of works by Agatha Christie
Adaptations_of_works_by_Agatha_Christie
American bandit and founder of the Wild Bunch gang
Gang. Like the earlier Dalton Gang, the group specialized in bank, train, and stagecoach robberies in Arkansas, Kansas, Indiana, and the Oklahoma Territory
Bill_Doolin
Welsh actor and singer (born 1979)
projects. The same year, GQ named him one of the 50 best dressed British men. In 2016, Evans appeared in the thriller film The Girl on the Train, co-starring
Luke_Evans
1983 robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, US
English) was the name given by Los Macheteros (a guerrilla group seeking Puerto Rican independence from the United States) to its robbery of a Wells Fargo
Águila_Blanca_(heist)
1954 film by Fritz Lang
make the murder appear to be the result of a robbery, also taking the letter that Vicki had written. After the murder, Carl sees Jeff on the train and
Human_Desire
English novelist and critic
Cane Toad' (CrimeFest: Leaving The Scene 2025) The Great Train Robbery (2008) "Author Peter Guttridge". Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved
Peter_Guttridge
British actor (1933–2023)
"Ducky" Mallard in the CBS television series NCIS, which he played for 20 seasons until his death in 2023. A classically-trained musician and multi-instrumentalist
David_McCallum
Film by Gregor Jordan
1991 novel Our Sunshine. Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film dramatises the life of
Ned_Kelly_(2003_film)
Deliberate death by means of a railway vehicle
by train, is deliberate self-harm resulting in death by means of impact from a moving rail vehicle. The suicide occurs when an approaching train hits
Rail_suicide
English-born American outlaw (1829–1888)
was an English-born American outlaw noted for the poetic messages he left behind after two of his robberies. Often called Charley by his friends, he was
Black_Bart_(outlaw)
Australian outlaws active during the 19th century
who had escaped into the bush to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up "robbery under arms" as a way
Bushranger
British actor, writer, producer and director
Reg Towler The Wrong Mans as Stevens By Any Means as Jamie Caine The Great Train Robbery as Jack Slipper Death in Paradise (2015) as Pete Thunders Babs
Nick_Moran
1969 film by George Roy Hill
"Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The pair and Sundance's lover, Etta Place (Katharine
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid
British novelist and dramatist (1814–1884)
about a train robbery) Jack of All Trades. 1858. (novelette about the elephant Mademoiselle D'Jeck) Love Me Little, Love Me Long (1859, novel) A Good
Charles_Reade
Equine companions in Western films
jumping from one cliff to another, and running after trains. In the 1926 film The Great K & A Train Robbery (Fox Film Corporation), Mix jumps Tony through a
Wonder_horses
1936–1938 campaign in the Soviet Union
The Great Purge or Great Terror (Russian: Большой террор, romanized: Bol'shoy terror), also known as the Year of '37 (37-й год, Tridtsat' sed'moy god)
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