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Edwin S. Porter

The Great Train Robbery

Director Edwin S. Porter Cast Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, A.C. Abadie, George Barnes
12' - 1903 - Western, Action, Adventure, Short - Dialogue: English
Among the earliest existing films in American cinema - notable as an early film to present a narrative story to tell - it depicts a group of 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.

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Credits

Directors

Edwin S. Porter

Cast

Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, A.C. Abadie, George Barnes

Scenario

Edwin S. Porter, Scott Marble

Director of Photography

Blair Smith

Producers

Edwin S. Porter

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Dialogue

English

Countries of production

United States of America

Year

1903