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Release Date:
1 December 1903 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Action | Crime | Western more
Plot:
A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
[DVD Review] Come Hell or High Water
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User Comments:
A start that filmmakers should be proud of... more

Cast

  (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. ... Fourth Bandit (uncredited)

Donald Gallaher ... Little Boy (uncredited)
Frank Hanaway ... Bandit (uncredited)
Adam Charles Hayman ... Bandit (uncredited)
Morgan Jones ... (uncredited)
Marie Murray ... Dance-Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Mary Snow ... Little Girl (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
11 min (18 fps) (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White (hand-colored)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
USA:TV-G (TV rating)
Filming Locations:
Dover, New Jersey, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original camera negative still exists in excellent condition. The Library of Congress, who holds it, can still make new prints. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After the bandits have robbed the passengers they run towards the rear of the train instead of towards the front, where their getaway locomotive is waiting. In the next shot, they are seen running towards the locomotive. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in American Gangster (2007) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A start that filmmakers should be proud of..., 1 February 2004
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Author: clockert from Bergen, Norway

As an early film, this film is quite spectacular. Ok, so it's only twelve minutes, but that is twelve minutes of pure action and entertainment. When this film was made, things like special effects were hardly thought of, but notice how well the transgression from person to doll on the "throw the dead guy off the train" goes, and how nicely they have "moved the train" without moving the camera when they leave the locomotive behind.

This movie is probably the best preview to how modern westerns became, at least if you take the best twelve minutes of many westerns, the twelve where people get shot, beat up and alerted. The movie follows it's storyline perfectly, and is easy to grasp the continuance throughout the film, in all, quite a masterpiece that comes highly recommended.

Christian Lockert

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