Highest-Rated Movies about 'Train Robbery', Sort by Popularity

The True Story of Jesse James (1957), House of Bamboo (1955), The Grey Fox (1982), Man of the West (1958), The Great Train Robbery (1978), The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Robbery (1967), Night Passage (1957) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Train Robbery movies.

#2. House of Bamboo (1955)

Storyline: In post-World War II Tokyo, Eddie Kenner (Robert Stack) is on a U.S. Army special assignment to investigate a murderous clique led by ex-soldier Sandy Dawson (Robert Ryan). Kenner ingratiates himself with Dawson and his inner circle, gaining their trust while starting a relationship with Mariko (Shirley Yamaguchi), the wife of a murdered gang member. But the sinister Dawson suspects there's a traitor among them when the police are tipped off about a planned robbery.

Plot Keywords: soldier, crime boss, gang member, woman, police officer, brooding, intense ...

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#3. The Grey Fox (1982)

Storyline: Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison, a genial and charming old man. He goes to Washington to live and work with his sister's family. But the world has changed much while he has been away, and he just can't adjust. So he goes to Canada and returns to the only thing familiar to him -- robbery (with stagecoaches changed to trains).—Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>

Plot Keywords: photographer, train robber, ex-convict, detective, pinkerton agent, charming, engaging ...

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#4. Man of the West (1958)

Storyline: On his way to hire a schoolteacher, a homesteader is left a hundred miles from anywhere when the train he is on is robbed. With him are an attractive dancehall girl and an untrustworthy gambler and he decides to get shelter nearby from outlaw relatives he used to run with. They don't trust him and he loathes them but they decide he can help them with one last bank job.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: outlaw, saloon girl, con artist, reformed criminal, uncle, thrilling, gripping ...

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#6. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)

Storyline: This is based on a true story. During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them.—<rcs0411@yahoo.com>

Plot Keywords: soldier, spy, conductor, thrilling, rousing, railway, georgia ...

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#8. Night Passage (1957)

Storyline: The workers on the railroad haven't been paid in several months, that's because Whitey and his gang, including fast-shooting, dangerous, but likeable Utica Kid, keep holding up the train for its payroll. Grant McLaine, a former railroad employee who was fired in disgrace, is recruited to take the payroll through undercover. A young boy and a shoebox figure into the plot when Whitey's gang tries to hold up the train, and Grant and the Kid meet again to settle an old score.—A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>

Plot Keywords: outlaw, gunslinger, lawman, railroad tycoon, brother, robber, gritty ...

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#9. Run for Cover (1955)

Storyline: Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.—Ed Lorusso

Plot Keywords: cowboy, sheriff, townspeople, young woman, unrestrained, thrilling, spirited ...

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#10. Whispering Smith (1948)

Storyline: Smith as an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa).—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: police officer, railroad worker, friend, ex-wife, gang leader, train robber, brash ...

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#12. In Old Cheyenne (1941)

Storyline: Reporter Steve Blane arrives in Cheyenne looking for the famous outlaw Arapahoe Brown. But when Arapahoe saves his life, he learns that Sam Drummond is the real outlaw and his gang are impersonating Arapahoe and his men. With the hoax now exposed, Drummond and his men chase Blane to a ranch where he and a few others find themselves outnumbered and once again in need of Arapahoe's help.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: reporter, cattle rancher, settler, outlaw, dancer, thrilling, rousing ...

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#14. God Forgives, I Don't (1967)

Storyline: In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune. Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve...—Ørnås

Plot Keywords: bandit, gunslinger, card sharp, cowgirl, henchman, insurance investigator, dark ...

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#15. Love Me Tender (1956)

Storyline: Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. When his brother Vance comes back from the war, he finds that his old girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. The family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue. Vance is involved in a train robbery, while a Confederate soldier, of Federal Government money. There is a conflict of interest, when Vance tries to return the money, against the wishes of some of his fellow Confederates.—Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: brother, confederate soldier, fiancée, mother, pinkerton agent, outlaw, winsome ...

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