Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland in The First Great Train Robbery, released in the United States as The Great Train Robbery. Based on the train robbery in 1855.
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Yet another post James Bond era Sean Connery rail epic is "The Great Train Robbery" a story of a robbery of gold from an early British boat train from London to Folkestone.
I'm watching it as I write, the program stating "To Be Advised" and nothing else was worth watching...
The train scenes were filmed in Ireland, between Dublin and Cork, using a CIE J15 0-6-0 tender locomotive modified to look like an early outside framed locomotive and four wheel passenger cars modified from modern freight vans.
An amusing story with excellent train coverage much from the air...
(I have some photos of Ireland to scan, too...)
Peter
Speaking of train robbing, there is the British film, "Robbery" based on the Ronnie Biggs Great Train robbery of the early 60s, with Stanley Baker.
M636CYet another post James Bond era Sean Connery rail epic is "The Great Train Robbery" a story of a robbery of gold from an early British boat train from London to Folkestone.
Overmod M636C Yet another post James Bond era Sean Connery rail epic is "The Great Train Robbery" a story of a robbery of gold from an early British boat train from London to Folkestone. From a story by Michael Crichton. Both are worthwhile.
M636C Yet another post James Bond era Sean Connery rail epic is "The Great Train Robbery" a story of a robbery of gold from an early British boat train from London to Folkestone.
From a story by Michael Crichton. Both are worthwhile.
I am surprised that there were two effectively simultaneous posts for the same movie from opposite sides of the world....
But I agree with the writing being good...
In the penultimate scene, Connery's character is asked "why did you do it?" and he answers "I wanted the money..."
M636CIn the penultimate scene, Connery's character is asked "why did you do it?" and he answers "I wanted the money..."
I wonder if that was inspired by a quote from the famous American bank robber Willie Sutton. When asked why he robbed banks, know what he said?
"Because that's where the money is!"
I remember when Willie Sutton died. He had great respect for Mosler safes and the Mosler company had great respect for him. Imagine looking at a big bank vault and figuring out how to open it and then doing it. The guy was a pro! The Mosler company did what they could to defy him; he was the guy they had to try to defy.
I don't know if this movie is old enough to qualify under this heading, but back in the 1980's I enjoyed "Tough Guys". Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas were released from prison after serving long sentences for train robbery and had a hard time adjusting to modern life. They wound up hijacking 4449.
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"Tough Guys" was kind of silly. Remember how they were headed to the Mexican border where the tracks end in the middle of nowhere? That made no sense. But, that is Doyle McCormack in the cab. I recall reading how Burt Lancaster knew his way around due to his work in "The Train."
54light15"Tough Guys" was kind of silly.
What adventure movie isn't?
Well sure, it was a comedy, it's supposed to be silly.
Remember the over-the-hill nearsighted hit man played by Eli Wallach, who "Never left a job unfinished!" as a point of honor?
I loved when he shot the boom box. Funny how you don't see those anymore, not to change the subject.
One of the best train action movies of modern times, if you have not seen it yet, defintely worth the rental price. Lone Ranger remake starring Johnny Depp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMZToxfIUAk
Have fun with your trains
Right now I'm watching the original Godzilla on Turner Classic Movies. Godzilla just wrecked a Japanese train and stood up with a passenger car in his mouth! Call out the military!
York1 John
It's so much better in the original Japanese! A much darker version than the one with Raymond Burr, God rest his soul!
By the way, according to the Japanese Godzilla only chews on trains when he's very annoyed. Otherwise, Godzilla only eats fish.
And you just know Big G's a hero in Japan when he gets this treatment from the Tokyo Philharmonic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDeU42u2s2Y
That Godzilla theme was awesome! Don't mess with the big guy!
King Kong didn't like trains too much either- one is the colourised original, the other is a remake and judging from the spoken comments on that one, it must be from the late, great Mystery Science Theatre 3000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwgdgD_BDHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03HxctDYuU
Oh brother, that lame "King Kong" remake from 1976!
Man, if you're a film-maker and you can't top the original, or even come close, don't bother! Spare us!
No, that's not "Mystery Science Theater" with those comments, "MST" never allowed potty words!
Well, I was only guessing about MST. But in the original, there sure were a lot of spiffy fedoras that got mussed up, don't you think?
Does anyone happen to know which locomotive this is in this episode of 'Combat!'?
https://youtu.be/dvjM4SwBHAA?t=1900
Cool! I was a regular viewer of "Combat!" but I don't remember this episode.
Anyway, it's obviously an American 4-4-0 locomotive, something more appropriate for a Western than a WW2 drama. At the time this series was filmed (early 1960's) some Hollywood studios still had antique railroad equipment on hand, and wouldn't start selling it off until around 1970 or so.
That particular engine might be part of the collection at the Nevada State Railroad Museum now, I believe some of their stock did come from Hollywood.
54light15 Well, I was only guessing about MST. But in the original, there sure were a lot of spiffy fedoras that got mussed up, don't you think?
Absolutely! And who dresses up like that to ride the subways now? Different day and age.
Possibly, but I think continuity probably had a lot more to do with it. It's a lot easier for the film editors to put the final print together if the principals look the same all the time, or at least most of the time.
I never saw that episode of Combat either. Funny how Europe looks so much like Southern California. Same goes for the Europe-set episodes of the old Mission Impossible. Whenever a show was set in, say, England, they'd break out the London taxi, a left-hand drive Rolls-Royce and a Citroen van that looked like it was made out of a garden shed.
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54light15I never saw that episode of Combat either.
Do you remember the one called "The Doughboy?" Eddie Albert guest starred as a WW1 veteran who stayed in France after the war (Fell in love with a local girl. ) then when the second war comes has a flashback to 1918? He goes out to fight the "Heinies" in his WW1 uniform complete with his 1903 Springfield. That episode gave me a fascination with the First World War that's lasted to this day. It made me want an '03 Springfield too, but at 10 years old that was out of the question!
I did get an '03 many years later. Still have it too!
My father had an 1903 Springfield- He let me fire it at the rifle range. Once. I was ten years old and never asked again. I was happy to use his .22s after that. I vaguely recall that episode you mention, it's sure been a long time since I watched that show.
Hey, that 4-4-0 in the "Combat!" episode?
Leave it to "Magic Mike," our incomperable "Wanswheel," to find out its history! And here it is:
http://www.virginiaandtruckee.com/Locomotive/No11.htm
https://trn.trains.com/railroads/railroad-history/2010/07/virginia-and-truckee
Once I knew who it was I was able to find this:
https://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/Virginia_and_Truckee_No._11_Reno#:~:text=Virginia%20%26%20Truckee%20Railroad%20No.,specifically%20to%20pull%20passenger%2
Thanks Mike!
Here's one. "The Valley of the Dolls" from 1967. Total trash but still sort of worth seeing. They keep telling you that it's set in Connecticut but it features a New York Central commuter train which I think is shown at Mount Kisco on the Harlem Valley line. At that time there was service all the way to Millerton, if not further North.
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