United Artists
Directed by Michael Crichton
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)
Michael Crichton, better known for his stories based on science, wrote and directed this train heist caper. Sean Connery is a gentleman in Victorian England. He hobnobs with other gentleman to learn the secrets of their weekly train shipments of gold. This begins a series of vignettes in which Connery and accomplices must obtain 4 keys. Once that is accomplished, the train robbery proper begins. It doesn't quite go as planned. It has a wonderful period feel and beautiful cinematography of the Irish countryside. However, the plot tends to be formulaic and Connery is a bit smug in his role.
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