| Descript |
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Cast: Phil Collins and Julie Walters. |
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On August 8, 1963, the Royal Mail train, on its night time run from London to Glasgow, was robbed by 15 men who got away with £2.6 million. Buster tells the story of one of the junior robbers, Buster Edwards, in a crime that came to be known as the Great Train Robbery. The film details the planning of the famous heist, but its main concern is Buster's relationship with his family and his devotion to his wife June. The Edwards are trying to make ends meet from day-to-day in their London flat, but instead of a bus driver, Buster is a two-bit thief who has the fine luck of hardly ever getting caught. After the Royal mail train robbery, the heat intensifies, since the Conservative Government, already smarting from the Profumo scandal. latches onto the train robbery as a means to deflect attention from the scandal by bringing the train robbers quickly to justice. Buster and June go into hiding and have a series of close calls before finally escaping to Mexico. Finally in paradise, the Edwards find their money being quickly eaten up and discover that they cannot adapt to the Mexican milieu. June, for her part, is homesick and flies back to Britain, and Buster, miserable, lonely and far from home, must make a difficult decision. Will he stay on the lam, or follow his heart and go back to his wife in England where he faces certain incarceration? |
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Collins, Phil.
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Walters, Julie.
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