Storyline

8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?

The Great Train Robbery trailer

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Cast

Jim Broadbent

DCS Tommy Butler

Luke Evans

Bruce Reynolds

Jack Roth

Charlie Wilson

Robert Glenister

DI Frank Williams

Paul Anderson

Gordon Goody

Neil Maskell

Buster Edwards

Martin Compston

Roy James

Nicholas Murchie

Roger Corderey

Del Synnott

Brian Field

Jack Gordon

Ronnie Biggs

James Wilby

John Wheater

James Fox

Henry Brooke, Home Secretary

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