
Chicago(2002)
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.


“Never have so few taken so much from so many.”
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

Sean Connery
Edward Pierce

Donald Sutherland
Robert Agar

Lesley-Anne Down
Miriam
Susan Hallinan
Emma Barnes

Alan Webb
Edgar Trent

Malcolm Terris
Fowler

Robert Lang
Sharp

Wayne Sleep
Clean Willy

Michael Elphick
Burgess

Gabrielle Lloyd
Elizabeth Trent
The First Great Train Robbery is a thriller, adventure, drama, crime film released in 1978 exploring themes of gallows, historical figure, victorian england, execution, noose, hanging. Directed by Michael Crichton, it stars Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down. In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
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