Synopsis
Based on the true story of the 1963 British Royal Mail robbery, this late '60s British caper film was directed by Peter Yates a year before he made the action classic Bullitt in the States. Opening with an extended jewel theft sequence followed by a action-packed car chase, Robbery details the events before, during, and immediately following the infamous heist. Paul Clifton (Stanley Baker, who also produced) is the main thief who comes up with the idea to steal three million dollars from the overnight mail train that runs from Glasgow to London. While gathering together a crew of thieves, he helps currency expert Robinson (Frank Finlay) break out of jail. The gang successfully holds up the train, takes the money, and retreats to an empty field to divide it up. When Robinson calls his wife on the phone, Inspector George Langdon (James Booth) from Scotland Yard traces the call and arrests them. As the legend goes, one of them manages to escape with the money. Also starring Joanna Pettet, who played Mata Bond in Casino Royale, and a young Robert Powell, who would go on to appear in the crime caper The Italian Job.
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Model/Actress Jerry Hall Falls Victim to Robbery
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 29, 2000 -- While actress Jerry Hall was taking off her clothes during a theatrical performance of The Graduate, thieves were trying to steal the shirt off her back.
The Texas-born former wife of Mick Jagger called police to her southwest London home on Sept. 27th, when she returned from work to discover that her house had been burglarized. Officers arrived at the scene but did not find any suspects, a police spokeswoman told the BBC.
Several items were stolen, Hall told police. No word on what exactly the crooks made off with. Hall's luxurious mansion is worth approximately $7.3 million.
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Hollywood courts "Great Train Robbery"
The London Sun tabloid, which has taken credit for putting "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs back behind bars in Britain, said Wednesday that it has been "bombarded" with offers from Hollywood studios to buy the rights to its story about the 71-year-old former fugitive.