Robbery (1967 film)

Robbery is a 1967 British crime film directed by Peter Yates and starring Stanley Baker. The story is a heavily fictionalised version of the 1963 Great Train Robbery. The film was produced by Stanley Baker and Michael Deeley, for Bakers company Oakhurst Productions.

Using the money from this job, crime boss Paul Clifton Stanley Baker builds up a team to hit a Royal Mail train coming south from Glasgow. A meticulous plan is put in place, but there are obstacles the driver of the getaway car identified in an identity parade and arrested but refuses to name accomplices to police gang member Robinson Frank Finlay has to be broken out of prison, and Inspector George Langdon James Booth is hot on the trail of the jewel robbers, and finds out through informers about plans for an even bigger heist.The gang gathers to do the job and change the signals to stop the train and escape with the cash. In the morning, Langdon and the police investigate the crime scene and explore possible local hideouts, including a disused airbase where the robbers are hiding in the basement, but are not found. ........

Source: Wikipedia