the Great Train Robbery
/ðə ˌɡreɪt ˈtreɪn rɒbəri/
/ðə ˌɡreɪt ˈtreɪn rɑːbəri/
- a robbery that took place in southern England in 1963. A group of men attacked a mail train and stole £2.6 million. It is Britain's most famous robbery because little of the stolen money was ever found. Most of the robbers were caught and sent to prison. One of them, Ronald Biggs, escaped from prison but returned there in 2001. He was released in 2009 and died in 2013
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- The Great Train Robberya 10-minute US silent film (1903) which has been called 'the first real movie', because it was the first to tell a story. It is a western about criminals who rob a train and then celebrate in town. It was made by the Edison Company.
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