The Great Gold Robbery
- Episode aired Aug 31, 1958
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Villains rob the Edinburgh to London mail train, with the only clue being a footprint left by a track bridge.Villains rob the Edinburgh to London mail train, with the only clue being a footprint left by a track bridge.Villains rob the Edinburgh to London mail train, with the only clue being a footprint left by a track bridge.
Edwin Apps
- Forensics Expert
- (uncredited)
Dan Cressey
- Detective at Briefing
- (uncredited)
Eric Dodson
- Gate Security Guard
- (uncredited)
Arthur Howell
- Detective at Briefing
- (uncredited)
David Lander
- Brown
- (uncredited)
Patrick Macarte
- Wilson
- (uncredited)
Jim Morris
- Mail Sorter on Train
- (uncredited)
Fred Nicholas
- Detective at Briefing
- (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
- Detective at Briefing
- (uncredited)
Andrew Sachs
- Ginger Clark
- (uncredited)
Robert Vossler
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- GoofsThe mail train robbed is described as an Edinburgh to London train, which would run on the East Coast Main Line, which is part of the Eastern Region of British Railways. All the locomotives shown in the film are of London Midland Region of British Railways origin. The train runs into Euston Station, London, which is the terminus of the West Coast Main Line, on the London Midland Region of British Railways, running from Glasgow to London. The East Coast Main Line running from Edinburgh terminates at Kings Cross Station, London.
- Crazy creditsDial 999 is made with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police and the Citizens of London.
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Never knowing when enough is enough.
A group of thieves spring a dating robbery, holding up to London to Edinburgh mail train, pinching a valuable amount of mail, their next mission, something a lot bigger.
Another very enjoyable thirty minutes, it plays out like a 50's B movie, with The Police battling a gang of hardened thieves.
You have to hand it to Maguire, he's either psychic or he's the most perceptive Copper ever to have walked The Streets of London, although maybe Lady Luck was on his side during this investigating.
More action sequences than is normally the case on the show.
Ford and Bluey were very interesting characters, that was a right old rogue's gallery of faces, all sharply dressed, suited and booted, gentlemen villains so to speak. I felt sorry for Bluey, poor Guy was duffed up, picked on, and thrown to The Wolves.
Poor Bluey.
7/10.
Another very enjoyable thirty minutes, it plays out like a 50's B movie, with The Police battling a gang of hardened thieves.
You have to hand it to Maguire, he's either psychic or he's the most perceptive Copper ever to have walked The Streets of London, although maybe Lady Luck was on his side during this investigating.
More action sequences than is normally the case on the show.
Ford and Bluey were very interesting characters, that was a right old rogue's gallery of faces, all sharply dressed, suited and booted, gentlemen villains so to speak. I felt sorry for Bluey, poor Guy was duffed up, picked on, and thrown to The Wolves.
Poor Bluey.
7/10.
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- Sleepin_Dragon
- Mar 24, 2023
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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