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===Film and video=== * The 1966 German three-part TV mini series ''{{Interlanguage link|Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse|de}}'' tells a fictionalised version of the story more or less close to the facts, but changes the names of those involved and of locations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trainrobbery.de/en/gentlemen.html |title=Germany's contribution to the Great Train Robbery's fame |publisher=Trainrobbery.de |date=12 September 1965 |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095218/http://www.trainrobbery.de/en/gentlemen.html |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * The 1967 film, ''[[Robbery (1967 film)|Robbery]]'', is a heavily fictionalised version based on the events of 1963 directed by [[Peter Yates]]. The movie launched Yates's Hollywood career after it attracted the interest of [[Steve McQueen]] who got the British director to make his next feature, ''[[Bullitt]]''. The film featured a gripping car chase (though this was connected to another earlier crime and not the robbery) which included scenes of a policeman being run down. Despite being a fictionalised account ''[[Robbery (1967 film)|Robbery]]'' did draw on key details of the real robbery and these were reflected in the film. These included the detailed planning and preparation used, the use of a farmhouse as a base and the intended (but unsuccessful) use of a replacement driver for the train. The film ends with the mastermind of the robbery "Clifton", played by [[Stanley Baker]] (whose own company Oakhurst Productions had produced the film), evading capture and going on the run overseas by posing as a merchant seaman. * The 1969 French film ''[[The Brain (1969 film)|The Brain]]'' stars [[David Niven]] as a British master criminal who perpetrates in France a heist based on the Great Train robbery. The script implies him to be the real planner of the 1963 robbery. * Musician [[Phil Collins]] starred in the title role of ''[[Buster (film)|Buster]]'' (1988), a comedy-drama film loosely based on the life of Edwards with [[Larry Lamb (actor)|Larry Lamb]] as Reynolds. * In 2012, a five-part [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[docudrama]], ''[[Mrs Biggs]]'', was produced, relating events chiefly from the point of view of Charmian Biggs, who assisted in the scripting and production. ITV concurrently produced a 44-minute documentary film, ''The Great Train Robbery'', written and directed by Marion Milne. Based on ''The Great Train Robbery β Crime of the Century β the definitive account'' (2013) by Nick Russell-Pavier, who also acted as programme consultant. Filmed at actual locations and featuring interviews with Charmian Biggs, Bruce Reynolds and other real-life participants.<ref name=ITV2012/><ref>Graham, Alison [http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sgmr4/the-great-train-robbery The Great Train Robbery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114070139/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sgmr4/the-great-train-robbery |date=14 November 2012 }} at [[Radio Times]]</ref>
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