The Great Train Robbery

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Category: Short
All Genres: Short, Action, Crime, Western
Release Year: 1903
Country: USA
Runtime: 12
Rating: 5.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Sound: Silent
Taglines:

He risked it all to give first love a second chance.

Writing by: Scott Marble - story (uncredited)
Edwin S. Porter - uncredited

Produced by: Peter Lord - executive producer
Colin Rose - executive producer: BBC
Michael Rose - producer
Carla Shelley - producer
David Sproxton - executive producer

Cast: A.C. Abadie - Sheriff (uncredited)
Gilbert M. Broncho Billy Anderson - Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)
George Barnes - (uncredited)
Justus D. Barnes - Bandit who fires at camera (uncredited)
Walter Cameron - Sheriff (uncredited)
John Manus Dougherty Sr. - 4th Bandit (uncredited)
Donald Gallaher - Little boy (uncredited)
Frank Hanaway - Bandit (uncredited)
Morgan Jones - (uncredited)
Marie Murray - Dance-hall dancer (uncredited)
Mary Snow - Little Girl (uncredited)

Music: Julian Nott
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Plot Outline: A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
Plot: The clerk at the train station is assaulted and left tied by four men, then they rob the train threatening the operator. (They) take all the money and shoot a passenger when trying to run away. A little girl discovers the clerk tied and gives notice to the sheriff, who at once goes along with his men hunting the bandits.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
After the credits and the Aardman logo is shown, we hear sheep bleating.

Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious dummy is thrown from the train.

Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list - like these:
The film uses simple editing techniques (each scene is a single shot) and the story is mostly linear (with only a few "meanwhile" moments) but it represents a significant step in movie making, being one of the first "narrative" movies.
A western filmed in New Jersey.
The final shot of a gun being fired toward the camera had a profound effect on audiences. As cinema was in its infancy, many people who saw the film thought that they were actually about to be shot.