Great Train Robbery, The

A.C. Abadie, Gilbert Broncho, Billy Anderson

Silent 12 mins B&W 1903

The clerk at the train station is assaulted and left tied by four men, then they rob the train threatening the operator. The take all the money and shoot a passenger when trying to run away. A little girl discovers the clerk tied and gives notice to the sheriff, who at once goes along with his men hunting the bandits. Pioneer work to be possible birthplace of Western.