Western / Silent / Crime

The Great Train Robbery

1903 · Directed by Edwin S. Porter · 12 min · English

A gang of outlaws holds up a passing train, robbing its passengers before fleeing into the wilderness with a posse in pursuit, in a primitive one-reel adventure often credited as a foundational work in narrative filmmaking and the Western genre.

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