Great St Trinians Train Robbery (DVD)

Advantages: Flash Harry, good family fun
Disadvantages: Not as good as previous films

...The Great St. Trianian?s Train Robbery Dedication To Frankie Howard (Alphonse Askett) who died on 19th April 1988, Frank Launder (Scriptwriter) who died in 1997 and to Sidney Gilliat (Director) who died in 1994. Prologue The Great St. Trianian?s Train Robbery was originally released in February 1966. It is the fourth in a series of St. Trinian?s Comedies based on Ronald Searle's cartoon creations. It continues many of the established trademarks from the earlier films. Introduction The film runs for 90 minutes and is certified ?U? by the British Board of Film Censors. It was the first of the St. Trinian?s films to be made in colour. The Plot A train robbery has taken place and the stolen money is hidden in a disused mansion. The headmistress of St. Trinian?s school, Amber Spottiswoode, persuades the new Minister... Read review

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Advantages: Great plot, breath-taking situations, very entertaining
Disadvantages: no extras

...---------------------------THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (DVD)--------------------------- The First Great Train Robbery is a story by the late Michael Crichton who wrote it first as a novel and then adapted and directed it for the big screen, loosely based on real history. -- PLOT Edgar Pierce (Connery) is a gentleman and a thief, he can move with nonchalance between the high society and the slums of London, perfectly knowing how to deal with people of both. After hearing at a high class party about a £12,000 load in gold coin and ingots being moved on the London and Folkestone passenger train, Edgar Pierce cannot stop thinking about the gold! In 1855 TNT hadn't been invented yet and all the "jobs" which involved a safe were based on making sets of duplicate keys from wax impressions for the locks. Inevitable is the need... Read review

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Advantages: An extremely precise robbery planning with in-depths of the victorian society
Disadvantages: maybe a little too short and slightly different from real facts

...When I first saw this novel for sale on a stand of used books I already knew Michael Crichton a bit. I loved his two most famous novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World and also his film Westworld. He's quite a good writer, one of the few who really deserves the "best seller" title. The title of the novel imediately rang a bell but I wasn't too sure. I recalled a film with Sean Connery about a train robbery and just happens that I was right, there is also a film adaptation which is quite entertaining too. -------------------Anyway, what is this book about? It is the story of the Great Gold Robbery of 1855, a massive gold heist, first in history to take place on a moving train (when trains were still a novelty), planned by a gentleman-thief named Pierce and his accomplices. The robbery was over a year in the planning... Read review

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