Robbery (1967)
Who says crime doesn't pay? 3 Million pounds says it does!
Genre : Crime, Thriller
Runtime : 1H 50M
Director : Peter Yates
Writer : Edward Boyd, Peter Yates
Synopsis
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
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