Monday, 12 January 2015

In train-ing

The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Directed by Edwin S. Porter this film stars Alfred C. Abadie, Brocho Billy Anderson, Justus D. Barnes and Walter Cameron. A group of outlaws attempt to rob a train in the old west.

This film is considered to have a lot of historical value but I am not sure it has a much entertainment value any more. Some of the acting and stunts are pretty bad to a modern eye and the story is pretty much just what it says on the tin. As a curiosity into early film I suppose this is a landmark but not something I would recommend watching.


2/5

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