The Great Train Robbery

Name: The Great Train Robbery
Genre: Western, Crime, Action, Adventure
Released: 1903
Cast: Gilbert M. Anderson, John Manus Dougherty Sr., Frank Hanaway, Adam Charles Hayman, Robert Milasch

1903 · 12min · Film

Directed by Edwin S. Porter

Starring Gilbert M. Anderson, John Manus Dougherty Sr., Frank Hanaway, Adam Charles Hayman, Robert Milasch, Marie Murray, Mary Snow, A.C. Abadie, Walter Cameron, Donald Gallaher

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After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

Updated July 22, 2026