Robbery

1967
1h 50m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.1K

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A group of British criminals plans the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.

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A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
It was the realistic car chase through the streets of London in this picture, that led to director Peter Yates doing another car chase in San Francisco a year later. Steve McQueen personally wanted Yates for what turned out to be his highest grossing film Bullitt (1968).

Goofs
When the traffic warden puts the gas canister in the car, a white cable can be seen draping from the inside of the door and this is seen to be connected to the device as he removes it from his bag. There is no sign of the cable in the following close-up shot from his point of view.

Quotes
Paul Clifton: We're talking about millions of pounds now. We're talking about road blocks, car searches, house raids, shakedowns. They'll know who pulled the job. Without the money, they can't prove anything.

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Featured in Film Review: Film Review (1967)

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10/10

Best British crime film ever...

This is true British gangster filming at its best.

The opening robbery and car chase, from Hatton Garden around central London and out to Maida Vale, is utterly brilliant and that's years before the French Connection or anything like that. Peter Yates was brilliant. In fact, if they re-make any British gangster film these days it should be Robbery, not Get Carter or anything like that.

The music is utterly brilliant, too. Johny Keating should be up there with the likes of John Barry, John Williams, etc. He seems to have done virtually nothing after this film.

Even the faked scenes of the train robbery itself are great despite the London-Glasgow express train really being another train on a branch line travelling at about 30 mph.

They could've made a sequeal to this, too, with the legendary and fantastic Stanley Baker shown in the New World. Same goes for the late Barry Foster.

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