The First Great Train Robbery poster

Movie · 1978

The First Great Train Robbery

Released 14 December 1978 More from 1978 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Alan Webb
as Edgar Trent
72
André Morell
as Judge
Died aged 69, before release
Peter Butterworth
as Putnam
59
Sean Connery
as Edward Pierce
48
James Cossins
as Harranby
45
Brian Glover
as Captain Jimmy
44
Donald Sutherland
as Robert Agar
43
Joe Cahill
as Rail Guard
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
29years between the oldest and youngest billed
72Alan Webb — oldest on the call sheet
43Donald Sutherland — youngest billed
54average age of the credited cast
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