MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 680 this week

Buster (1988)

5.5
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 5.5/10 from 1,903 users  
Reviews: 24 user | 7 critic

This movie is based on the story of Buster Edwards, one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.

Director:

Writer:

(screenplay)
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 247 titles created 27 Apr 2011
 
a list of 41 titles created 11 months ago
 
a list of 30 titles created 3 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Buster (1988)

Buster (1988) on IMDb 5.5/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Buster.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins. See more awards »
Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Comedy | Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

Nick is a struggling dentist in Canada. A new neighbor moves in, and he discovers that it is Jimmy "The Tulip" Teduski. His wife convinces him to go to Chicago and inform the mob boss who wants Jimmy dead.

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Stars: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette
Adventure | Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  

The Griswalds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.

Director: Amy Heckerling
Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill
Biography | Comedy | Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris, in which he purports to have been a CIA hitman.

Director: George Clooney
Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney
Bandits (2001)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.

Director: Barry Levinson
Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Gallo
Stars: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara
Adventure | Comedy | Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.

Director: George Gallo
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey
Comedy | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love.

Director: John Huston
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia
Comedy | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  

After his life is saved by a lonely cop, a mobster who moonlights as a standup comic, provides the cop with a friend: a beautiful woman.

Director: John McNaughton
Stars: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray
Biography | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

A somewhat romanticized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang.

Director: Arthur Penn
Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
Comedy | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Ricky is released from a mental hospital, and knows exactly what he wants to do. He hunts down Marina, a porn film star he once had sex with, and tries to convince her to be his wife. She ... See full summary »

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Stars: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

An African prince goes to Queens, New York City to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.

Director: John Landis
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones
Comedy | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.1/10 X  

Small time hood Frankie the Fly teams with a porn filmmaker and porno actress to try to make a killing by running a high-risk scam of the big boss.

Director: Peter Markle
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
Stephanie Lawrence ...
Franny Reynolds
Ellie Beaven ...
Nicky Edwards
Michael Attwell ...
Harry
...
Christopher Ellison ...
George
...
Mrs. Rothery
...
Inspector Jack Mitchell
Clive Wood ...
Sergeant Chalmers
...
Sir James McDowell
...
Poyser
Harold Innocent ...
Justice Parry
Rupert Vansittart ...
Fairclough
Edit

Storyline

Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

The greatest train robber of all time. See more »


Certificate:

R | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

|

Release Date:

23 November 1988 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A Grande Golpada  »

Box Office

Gross:

$540,000 (USA)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

(Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The train used in the film in the robbery sequences is not the Number 37 like that in the real Great Train Robbery, it is a (reconstructed) Number 40 train. The locomotive was not a 'Number 40' it was a 'class 40'. The reference to being a 'number 37' is incorrect (a 'class 37' locomotive is a lesser powered loco from the same builder. Proper details are given below: The locomotive on the train involved in the Great Train Robbery was an English Electric type 4, class 40, locomotive number D326 (later 40126). By the time the film Buster was made D326 had been withdrawn from service and scrapped. Sister locomotive D306 (40106) - which was also withdrawn but had been preserved by enthusiasts on the Great Central Railway near Loughborough - substituted in robbery sequence of the film, which was filmed on the locomotive's home ground on the GCR. See more »

Quotes

Buster Edwards: [Buster, Bruce and Harry worries about the police has found their hide-out] We're gonna get famous now. More popular than Christine Keeler AND the Beatles!
See more »

Crazy Credits

Buster Edwards never got the deal he hoped for. On the 9th December 1966 he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for conspiring to rob Her Majesty's Royal Mail Train. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Serial Mom (1994) See more »

Soundtracks

"Just One Look"
Performed by The Hollies
Written by Payne & Carroll
Courtesy of EMI Records UK
published by Premier Music Publishing Co. (Leosong)
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
Phil Collins triumphs Against All Odds...
7 June 2006 | by (Manchester) – See all my reviews

Buster is possibly Phil 'The Brusier' Collins' finest ever moment. The film itself is a roller-coaster ride from comedy to emotion. The film, in places is dreary and sluggish, however a tour de force performance by Collins makes up for its shortcomings. The film could be improved with additional musical accompaniment from the 'bruiser'as only 'two hearts' stands out. The supporting cast is not up to Phil's acting standards. Julie Walters is particularly annoying.

But seriously this film should rank alongside The Great Escape and Flashdance as a classic Sunday afternoon film. In fact it is as important as the dinner that precedes it.


3 of 5 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
flower stall ryanwyan
Phil Collins Delivers the Goods! bradburke
Favourite lines SavoryB
Steve McFadden/Phil Mitchell SavoryB
class 40 carlin4737
playground scene at the start theothewyvern-imdb
Discuss Buster (1988) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?