The Great Train Robbery
11 minutes
- A.C. Abadie, George Barnes, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Justus D. Barnes
- Edwin S. Porter
- Action, Crime, Short, Western
- December 7, 1903
- English
- Greatest Silent Films, Greatest Westerns
Synopsis
Among the earliest existing films in American cinema – notable as the first film that presented a narrative story to tell – it depicts a group of cowboy outlaws who hold up a train and rob the passengers. They are then pursued by a Sheriff’s posse. Several scenes have color included – all hand tinted.
