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As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.


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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.

Gilbert M. Anderson
Bandit / Shot Passenger / Tenderfoot Dancer (uncredited)
John Manus Dougherty Sr.
Bandit (uncredited)
Frank Hanaway
Bandit (uncredited)
Adam Charles Hayman
Bandit (uncredited)

Robert Milasch
Trainman / Bandit (uncredited)
Marie Murray
Dance-Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Mary Snow
Little Girl (uncredited)
A.C. Abadie
Sheriff (uncredited)
Walter Cameron
Sheriff (uncredited)
Donald Gallaher
Little Boy (uncredited)
The Great Train Robbery is a western, crime, action, adventure film released in 1903 exploring themes of robbery, robber, dynamite, hold-up robbery, outlaw, railroad. Directed by Edwin S. Porter, it stars Gilbert M. Anderson, John Manus Dougherty Sr., Frank Hanaway. 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.
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