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.
The Great Train Robbery is of 0 hour(s) and 12 minute(s). It is Produced By: Edison Studios. It was released on 1903-12-07. It has the tagline: It electrified dad! It terrified mother! It will amuse you! It has an average vote of 7.008 on TMDB.
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